Person Old Testament
Tahan
Also known as Tahanite
Tahan was a son of Ephraim and the ancestor of the Tahanites clan. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Numbers 26:35.
Why it matters. Son of Ephraim, ancestor of the Tahanites clan
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Tahan
Tahan is mentioned in Num.26.35 as a son of Ephraim and the ancestor of the Tahanites clan. The Tahanites were one of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Tahan. No other details are provided about Tahan's life or role in the tribe. As a son of Ephraim, he would have been born in Egypt before the Exodus.
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.
- Parents
- Ephraim
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Numbers (1 verse)