Smith's Bible Dictionary

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AHER

(following), ancestor of Hushim a Benjamite. The name occurs in the genealogy of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:12) It is not improbable that Aher and Ahiram, (Numbers 26:38) are the...

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AHI

(a brother).A Gadite, chief of a family who lived in Gilead in Bashan, (1 Chronicles 5:15) in the days of Jotham and of Judah. (B.C. 758.)A descendant of Shamer, of the tribe of...

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AHIAH, OR AHIJAH

(friend of Jehovah).Son of Ahitub, grandson of Phinehas and great-grandson of Eli, succeeded his father as high priest in the reign of Saul. (1 Samuel 14:3,18) Ahiah is probably...

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AHIAM

son of Sharar the Hararite (or of Sacar,) (1 Chronicles 11:35) one of David’s thirty mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:33) (B.C. 1050.)

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AHIAN

a Manassite of the family of Shemidah. (1 Chronicles 7:19)

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AHIEZER

(brother of help).Son of Ammishaddai, hereditary chieftain of the tribe of Dan. (Numbers 1:12; 2:25; 7:66) (B.C. 1490).The Benjamite chief of a body of archers in the time of Da...

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AHIHUD

(brother of renown).The son of Shelomi and prince of the tribe of Asher. (Numbers 34:27)Chieftain of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:7)

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AHIJAH

[AHIAH, OR AHIJAH]

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AHIKAM

(a brother who raises up), son of Shaphan the scribe, an influential officer at the court of Josiah, was one of the delegates sent by Hilkaih to consult Huldah. (2 Kings 22:12-1...

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AHILUD

(a brother of one born, i.e. before him).Father of Jehoshaphat, the recorder or chronicler of the kingdom in the reigns of David and Solomon. (2 Samuel 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kings 4:3;...

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AHIMAAZ

(brother of anger).Son of Zadok the high priest in David’s reign, and celebrated for his swiftness of foot. During Absalom’s rebellion he carried to David the important intellig...

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AHIMAN

(brother of the right hand).One of the three giant Anakim who inhabited Mount Hebron, (Numbers 13:22,23) seen by Caleb and the spies. (B.C. 1490.) The whole race was cut off by ...

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AHIMELECH

(brother of the king).Son of Ahitub, (1 Samuel 22:11,12) and high priest of Nob in the days of Saul. He gave David the shew bread to eat, and the sword of Goliath; and for so do...

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AHIMOTH

(brother of death), a Levite apparently in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 6:25) In v. (1 Chronicles 6:35) for Ahimoth we find MAHATH, as in (Luke 3:26)

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AHINADAB

(brother the noble, i.e. a noble brother), Son of Iddo, one of Solomon’s twelve commissaries who supplied provisions for the royal household. (1 Kings 4:14) (B.C. 1014-975.)

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AHINOAM

(brother of grace, i.e. gracious).The daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul. (1 Samuel 14:50) (B.C. about 1090.)A native of Jezreel who was married to David during his wandering ...

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AHIO

(brotherly).Son of Abinadab, who accompanied the ark when it was brought out of his father’s house. (2 Samuel 6:3,4; 1 Chronicles 13:7) (B.C.1043.)A Benjamite, one of the sons o...

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AHIRA

(brother of evil, i.e. unlucky), Chief of the tribe of Naphtali. (Numbers 1:15; 2:29; 7:78,83; 10:27)

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AHIRAM

(brother of height, lofty), one of the sons of Benjamin, and ancestor of the AHIRAMITES (Numbers 26:38) In (Genesis 46:21) the name appears as "Ehi and Rosh." It is uncertain wh...

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AHISAMACH

(brother of help), a Danite, father of Aholiab one of the architects of the tabernacle. (Exodus 31:6; 35:34; 38:23) (B.C. 1490)

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AHISHAHAR

(brother of the dawn), one of the sons of Bilhan, the grandson of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:10)

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AHISHAR

the controller of Solomon’s household. (1 Kings 4:6)

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AHITHOPHEL

(brother of foolishness), a native of Giloh, was a privy councillor of David, whose wisdom was highly esteemed, though his name had an exactly opposite signification. (2 Samuel ...

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AHITUB

(brother of goodness).The son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli, and therefore of the family of Ithamar. (1 Samuel 14:3; 22:9,11) (B.C. 1125.) He was succeeded by his son Ahijah (...

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AHLAB

(fertile), a city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. (Judges 1:31)

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AHLAI, OR AHLAI

(ornamental) daughter of Sheshan, whom, having no issue, he gave in marriage to his Egyptian slave Jarha. (1 Chronicles 2:31,35) From her were descended Zabad, one of David’s mi...

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AHOAH

(brothely), son of Bela the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:4) In (1 Chronicles 8:7) he is called AHIAH, OR AHIJAH. The patronymic, AHOHITE, is found in (2 Samuel 23:9,28; 1 Ch...