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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #304 - אַחְלַי

Transliteration

ʼAchlay

Phonetics

akh-lah'ee

Origin

the same as (H305)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine/feminine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Ahlai = "O! would that!"
1. daughter of Sheshan
2. father of one of David´s heroes (mighty men, warriors)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

1 Chronicles 2

BSB (2)

1 Chronicles 2

CSB (1)

1 Chronicles 2

ESV (2)

1 Chronicles 2

KJV (2)

1 Chronicles 2

LEB (2)

1 Chronicles 2

LSB (2)

1 Chronicles 2

N95 (2)

1 Chronicles 2

NAS (2)

1 Chronicles 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

1 Chronicles 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַחְלָ֑י proper name. (Dl^{Proverbs 210 transitive} O ! would that! (compare אַחְלַי below III. אָח above) & compare interjectional Babylonian name A—ulapia, O! that I at last! Zim^{BP 116}; compare Ol^{§ 277}; otherwise Hal^{James 7, x. 360})

1. feminine daughter of Sheshan 1 Chronicles 2:31; so Be Öttli and others in view of 1 Chronicles 2:34.

2. masculine father of one of David's mighty men (not in 2 Samuel 23) 1 Chronicles 11:41.

אַחְלָב see חלב.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אַחְלַי (“oh that”), [Ahlai], pr.n. m. and f. 1 Chronicles 2:31 comp. 11:41.

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List of Word Forms

אַחְלָֽי׃ אחלי׃ ’aḥ·lāy ’aḥlāy achLai