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Ahoah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H265

אֲחוֹחַ

a.cho.ach — Ahoah

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.9; son of: Bela (H1106A); brother of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031) and Abishua (H0050H); also called Ahoah at 1Ch.8.4; Also named: a.cho.chi (אֲחוֹחִי "Ahohite" H0266) § Ahoah = "brother of rest" a grandson of Benjamin

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1106

בֶּ֫לַע

be.la — Bela

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); father of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265) Also named: bal.i (בַּלְעִי "Belaite" H1108) § Bela = "destruction" 1) a king of Edom 2) first son of Benjamin 3) a son of Ahaz, a Reubenite

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3406

יְרִימוֹת

ye.ri.mot — Jerimoth

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.7; son of: Bela (H1106A); brother of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265) § Jerimoth or Jeremoth = "He is Most High" 1) a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a house of Benjamite 2) a Benjamite, son of Becher and head of a house of Benjamite 3) a Benjamite, son of Beriah and grandson of Elpaal 4) a Merarite Levite, son of Mushi 5) one of the men that joined David in the wilderness 6) a Levite, son of Heman and head of the 15th course of musicians 7) a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah 8) a son of Azriel, ruler of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of David 9) a son of king David and the father of the wife of Rehoboam 10) a son of Elam, a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 11) a son of Zattu, a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H266

אֲחוֹחִי

a.cho.chi — Ahohite

Someone descended from Ahoah, a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.9; son of: Bela (H1106A); brother of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031) and Abishua (H0050H); also called Ahoah at 1Ch.8.4; Group of a.cho.ach (אֲחוֹחַ "Ahoah" H0265) § Ahohite = "brother of rest" one of the clan of Ahoah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1108

בַּלְעִי

bal.i — Belaite

Someone descended from Bela who was a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); father of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265) Group of be.la (בֶּ֫לַע "Bela" H1106A) § Belaites = "swallowing" descendants of Bela

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H31

אֲבִיהוּד

a.vi.hud — Abihud

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.3; son of: Bela (H1106A); brother of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265) § Abihud = "my father is majesty" son of Bela, a Benjamite

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5280

נַעֲמִי

na.a.mi — Naamite

Someone descended from Naaman who was a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.40; son of: Bela (H1106A); brother of: Ard (H0714H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265); also called Naamite at Num.26.40; Group of na.a.man (נַעֲמָן "Naaman" H5283H) § Naamites, of Naamah "loveliness" the descendants of Naaman, the grandson of Benjamin

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5901

עִירִי

i.ri — Iri

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.7; son of: Bela (H1106A); brother of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265) § Iri = "belonging to a city" a Benjamite, son of Bela

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H716

אַרְדִּי

ar.di — Ardite

Someone descended from Ard, a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.26.40; son of: Bela (H1106A); brother of: Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265) Group of ard (אַרְדְּ "Ard" H0714H) § Ardites = "I shall subdue" the descendants of Ard

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Historical dictionary entry

Brotherly, one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4). He is also called Ahiah (ver. 7) and Iri (1 Chr. 7:7). His descendants were called Ahohites (2 Sam. 23:9, 28).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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