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Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9

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Strong's #2438 - חִירֹם

Transliteration

Chîyrâm

Phonetics

khee-rawm', khee-rome'

Origin

another form of (H2361)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Masculine

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Hiram, Huram = “noble”

1) the king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem to build both the palace for David and the temple for Solomon

2) the chief architect and engineer of Solomon’s temple sent by King Hiram to Solomon

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (23)

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 21

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (23)

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 21

1 Chronicles 1

HCS (22)

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 21

BSB (25)

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 21

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

ESV (22)

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 21

WEB (23)

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 21

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חִירָם proper name, masculine Hiram (Phoenician חרם; abbreviated from foregoing) — ׳ח 2 Samuel 5:11 18t. 1Kings + Kt 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 4:11; 9:10 (all Qr חוּרָם); חִירוֺם 1 Kings 5:24; 1 Kings 5:32; 1 Kings 7:40; also חוּרָם 1 Chronicles 8:5 9t. Chronicles —

1 king of Tyre, contemporary of David & Solomon 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:15 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:16; 1 Kings 5:21; 1 Kings 5:22; 1 Kings 5:24; 1 Kings 5:25 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:26; 1 Kings 5:32; 1 Kings 9:11 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 9:12,14,27; 1 Kings 10:11,12; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 2:2; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 2:11; 2 Chronicles 8:2,18; 9:10,21.

2 an artificer of Tyre, sent by Hiram the king 1 Kings 7:13,40 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:45; 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 4:11 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 4:16.

3 a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:5.

List of Word Forms

חִיר֔וֹם חִיר֖וֹם חִיר֜וֹם חִירָ֑ם חִירָ֔ם חִירָ֖ם חִירָ֗ם חִירָ֛ם חִירָ֣ם חִירָ֤ם חִירָ֨ם חִירָם֙ חוּרָ֗ם חוּרָ֨ם חוּרָם֙ חורם חירום חירם לְחִירָ֖ם לְחִירָ֜ם לְחִירָם֙ לחירם chiRam chiRom chuRam ḥî·rām ḥî·rō·wm ḥîrām ḥîrōwm ḥū·rām ḥūrām lə·ḥî·rām lechiRam ləḥîrām