Ahiman

Ahiman

Ahiman (a-hi'-man) is the name of two persons in the Bible:

* One of the three giant sons of Anak whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Book of Numbers 13:22) when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10).

*A Levite who was one of the guardians of the temple after the Exile (1 Chronicles 9:17).

Meaning: brother of the right hand / brother of a gift, liberal

References

Beecher, Willis J. [http://bibletools.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/315 "Ahiman"] in the "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".


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