King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2438
Transliteration: Chiram
Phonetic Spelling: (khee-rawm')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a Benjamite, also two Arameans (Syrians)
Meaning: Hiram -- a Benjamite, also two Arameans (Syrians)
Word Summary
Chiram: a Benjamite, also two Arameans (Syrians)
Original Word: חִירָםTransliteration: Chiram
Phonetic Spelling: (khee-rawm')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a Benjamite, also two Arameans (Syrians)
Meaning: Hiram -- a Benjamite, also two Arameans (Syrians)
Strong's Concordance
Hiram, Huram Or Chiyrowm {khee-rome'}; another form of Chuwram; Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians -- Hiram, Huram.
see HEBREW Chuwram
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2438. Chiram
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); 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; 9:11 (twice in verse); 9:12, 14, 27; 10:11-12, 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 2:2; 2:10; 2:11; 8:2, 18; 9:10, 21.
2 an artificer of Tyre, sent by Hiram the king 1 Kings 7:13, 40 (twice in verse); 7:45; 2 Chronicles 2:12; 4:11 (twice in verse); 4:16.
3 a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:5.