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Ahiam

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(uncle). One of David’s thirty captains (2 Sam. 23:33³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, (2 Samuel 23:33); 1 Chron. 11:35³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, (1 Chronicles 11:35)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son of Sharar (Sacar, 1 Chron. 11:35³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, (1 Chronicles 11:35)), the Hararite, 2 Samuel 23:33³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, (2 Samuel 23:33), one of David’s mighty men.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

279 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Achiyam

Phonic:

akh-ee-awm’

Meaning:

from 251 and 517; brother of the mother (i.e. uncle); Achiam, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Ahiam

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

brother of mother

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Most firm union; brother of a mother, or a nation:―an Israelite, 2 Sam. 23:33. {Coniunctio formissima}