Ahiman () is the name of two persons in the
Bible
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:
* One of the three giant sons of
Anak
Anak (; , homophone to a word for "giant, long neck, necklace"; ) is a figure in the Hebrew Bible. His descendants are mentioned in narratives concerning the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. According to the Book of Numbers, Anak was a foref ...
(the other two being
Sheshai and
Talmai
Talmai (, ; 'my furrows') is a name in the Bible referring to a number of minor people. Its Aramaic version was associated with the Greek Ptolemy (see that article for the list of corresponding names and surnames), and is the origin of Bartholom ...
) whom
Caleb and the
Israelite spies saw in
Mount Hebron (
Book of Numbers
The Book of Numbers (from Biblical Greek, Greek Ἀριθμοί, ''Arithmoi'', , ''Bəmīḏbar'', ; ) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and complex history; its final f ...
13:22) when they went in to explore the
Promised Land
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. They were afterwards driven out and slain (
Joshua
Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...
15:14;
Judges 1:10).
*A
Levite
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who was one of the guardians of the temple after the Exile (
1 Chronicles 9:17).
The name means "brother of the right hand" / "brother of a gift", "liberal."
References
Beecher, Willis J
"Ahiman"in the ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia''.
Set index articles on Hebrew Bible people
Rephaites
Levites
Anakim
Hebron Hills
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