Person Old Testament
Mesha
Also known as Mesha =NIV, KJV; Mareshah =ESV
Mesha, a son of Caleb, was the father (ie founder) of Ziph. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 2:42.
Why it matters. Son of Caleb and founder of Ziph.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Mesha
Mesha was a son of Caleb, the son of Hezron from the tribe of Judah. He founded (or fathered) Ziph. (1Ch.2.42).
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.
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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.
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)