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Ahiman

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(brother of the right hand). (1) One of the giant Anakim of Hebron (Num. 13:22-23²²And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) ²³And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. (Numbers 13:22‑23); Josh. 11:21²¹And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. (Joshua 11:21); Judg. 1:10¹⁰And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. (Judges 1:10)). (2) A gate-keeper of Levi (1 Chron. 9:17¹⁷And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; (1 Chronicles 9:17)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. One of the three sons of Anak who dwelt in Hebron when the spies went up (Num. 13:22²²And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) (Numbers 13:22)); and who were driven out by Caleb and slain by Judah (Josh. 15:14¹⁴And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. (Joshua 15:14); Judg. 1:10¹⁰And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. (Judges 1:10)).

2. A porter, of the children of Levi (1 Chron. 9:17¹⁷And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; (1 Chronicles 9:17)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

289 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Achiyman

Phonic:

akh-ee-man’

Meaning:

or mAchiyman {akh-ee-mawn'}; from 251 and 4480; brother of a portion (i.e. gift); Achiman, the name of an Anakite and of an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Ahiman

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

brother of a portion: brother of whom?

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Likeness of a brother; a brother prepared; brother of a portion, or gift:―an Israelite, 1 Chron. 9:17. {Fratris similitudo}