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How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H279
a.chi.am — Ahiam
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.33; son of: Sharar (H8325) § Ahiam = "mother's brother" one of David's warriors (heroes)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Mother’s brother, one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:33; 1 Chr. 11:35).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Read the quoted verses in their chapters to evaluate the historical dictionary references.
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
