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Hararite

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Three of David’s guard so called

(2 Sam. 23:11,33¹¹And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. (2 Samuel 23:11)
³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, (2 Samuel 23:33)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Designation of Agee, Shammah, Shage, and Sharar or Sacar (2 Sam. 23:11,33¹¹And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. (2 Samuel 23:11)
³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, (2 Samuel 23:33); 1 Chron. 11:34-35³⁴The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, ³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, (1 Chronicles 11:34‑35)). The term has been thought to signify “mountaineer.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2043 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Harariy

Phonic:

hah-raw-ree’

Meaning:

or Harariy (2 Sam. 23:11) {haw-raw-ree'}; or Haarariy (2 Sam. 23:34, last clause), {haw-raw-ree'}; apparently from 2042; a mountaineer

KJV Usage:

Hararite

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

my mountain (in 2 Sam. 23: 11)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Mountaineer:―three of David’s guard so called, 2 Sam. 23:11. {Homo montanus}