Strong H266אֲחוֹחִי
Ahohite
- Transliteration
- 'ăchôchîy
- Pronunciation
- akh-o-khee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patronymic from H264; an Achochite or descendants of Achoach: - Ahohite.
Meaning of the name
Ahohite = "brother of rest"
Detailed definition
Someone descended from Ahoah, a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.9;
son of: Bela (H1106A);
brother of: Ard (H714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H31) and Abishua (H50H); also called Ahoah at 1Ch.8.4;
Group of a.cho.ach (אֲחוֹחַ "Ahoah" H265)
son of: Bela (H1106A);
brother of: Ard (H714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H31) and Abishua (H50H); also called Ahoah at 1Ch.8.4;
Group of a.cho.ach (אֲחוֹחַ "Ahoah" H265)
In the biblical story
Ahoah
Descendant of Benjamin, clan of David's mighty men
The Ahohites, descendants of Ahoah of Benjamin, were a clan that included some of David's mighty men, such as Eleazar and Zalmon. (2Sa.23.9,28; 1Ch.8.4; 11.12,29; 27.4)
In the Bible
Strong H266 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ahohite5
First verses
- 2 Samuel 23:9And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
- 2 Samuel 23:28Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:12And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
- 1 Chronicles 11:29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:4And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.