Ahiman () is the name of two persons in the
Bible:
* One of the three giant sons of
Anak (the other two being
Sheshai and
Talmai) whom
Caleb
Caleb (), sometimes transliterated as Kaleb ( he, כָּלֵב, ''Kalev'', ; Tiberian vocalization: Kālēḇ; Hebrew Academy: Kalev), is a figure who appears in the Hebrew Bible as a representative of the Tribe of Judah during the Israelites' ...
and the
Israelite spies saw in
Mount Hebron (
Book of Numbers 13:22) when they went in to explore the
promised land. They were afterwards driven out and slain (
Joshua 15:14;
Judges 1:10).
*A
Levite who was one of the guardians of the temple after the Exile (
1 Chronicles
The Book of Chronicles ( he, דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים ) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third sect ...
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
he:ענק#הענקים במקרא
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