Bible Names

Hushathite: meaning of the name

Hushathite means “Hushim, man of haste, or of silence.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Hushathite in Hebrew and Greek

חֻשָׁתִי H2843

Chushâthîy (khoo-shaw-thee') — a Chushathite or descendant of Chushah

patronymically from H2364 (חוּשָׁה);

Hushathite in Scripture

“Hushathite” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • 2 Samuel 21:18

    And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.

  • 2 Samuel 23:27

    Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

  • 1 Chronicles 11:29

    Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

  • 1 Chronicles 20:4

    And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:11

    The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.