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HebrewH2438Proper Noun (Masculine)

חִירָם

chi.ram

10Occurrences
H2438Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians

or חִירוֹםlemma חִירֹם missing vav, corrected to חִירוֹם; another form of H2361 (חוּרָם);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at Also named: chu.ram (*חוּרָם *"Hiram" H2361) § 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חִירָם appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
9
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 10:11BSB

(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

1 Kings 7:13BSB

Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.

1 Kings 7:45BSB

and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls.All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.

1 Kings 9:12BSB

So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.

1 Kings 9:27BSB

And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.