Reference: Bohan

("the thumb".) A son of Reuben (not mentioned in Ex 6:14; Nu 26:5; 1Ch 5:3), after whom a stone was named. Probably commemorating some achievement of his in the conquest of Palestine (Jos 15:6; 18:17). It was a boundary mark between Judah and Benjamin, the exact point where the mountains W. of the Dead Sea change their direction to the eye. Now called "the stone of the finger," Hadjar el Asbah. Ganneau observes that a rock on an isolated peak on the hill side resembles a fist closed with the thumb raised; the name of this peak probably was transferred to the fallen block close by, namely, Hadjar el Asbah.

A son of Reuben, acc. to Jos 15:6; 18:17 (both Priestly Narrative). The stone of Bohan is mentioned in these two passages as forming a mark of division between Judah and Benjamin. It is impossible to identify the site where it stood.

Bo'han

Reubenite, after whom a stone was named on the border of Judah and Benjamin. Jos 15:6; 18:17.

Bo'han

(thumb), a Reubenite.

Jos 15:6; 18:17