HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H301
אֲחִישָׁר
a.chi.shar — Ahishar
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.6 § Ahishar = "my brother sang" chief steward for Solomon
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Ahishar
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Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Brother of song = singer, the officer who was “over the household” of Solomon (1 Kings 4:6).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Scripture cited by this entry (KJV)
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1 Kings 4:6
And Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the tribute.