BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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 · H171
o.ho.li.av — Oholiab
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.31.6; son of: Ahisamach (H0294) § Aholiab = "Father's tent" chief assistant of Bezaleel in construction of the tabernacle
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H294
a.chi.sa.makh — Ahisamach
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.31.6; father of: Oholiab (H0171) § Ahisamach = "my brother is support (has supported)" a Danite, father of Aholiab, a workman on the tabernacle
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Tent of the father, an artist of the tribe of Dan, appointed to the work of preparing materials for the tabernacle (Ex. 31:6; 35:34; 36:1, 2; 38:23).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
