Person Old Testament
Tehinnah
Tehinnah was the father of Ir-nahash and a descendant of Chelub from the tribe of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 4:12.
Why it matters. Father of Ir-nahash from the tribe of Judah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Tehinnah
Tehinnah is mentioned in 1Ch.4.12 as the father of Ir-nahash. He was a descendant of Chelub from the tribe of Judah. The name Ir-nahash means "city of serpents," but it is unclear whether this refers to an actual city or is a symbolic name. No other details are provided about Tehinnah's life or role in the tribe. He is listed in the genealogy of Judah, which traces the descendants of Jacob's son Judah.
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
- Eshton
- Siblings
- Beth-raphaPaseah
- Children
- Ir-nahash
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)