Skip to content

Person Old Testament

Meonothai

Meonothai, son of Othniel, mentioned in the genealogy of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 4:14.

Why it matters. Son of Othniel and father of Ophrah.

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Meonothai

Meonothai is mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah (1Ch.4.14). He was the son of Othniel, who was the younger brother of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, but no further information about his life or role is provided in the biblical text.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

Connections

No reviewed connections yet.

Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Achsah (?)Othniel (?)
Siblings
Hathath (?)
Children
Ophrah

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    4:14

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.