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Lexicon :: Strong's H2438 - ḥîrām

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חִירָם
Transliteration
ḥîrām
Pronunciation
khee-rawm'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Another form of חוּרָם (H2361)
Strong’s Definitions

חִירָם Chîyrâm, khee-rawm'; or
חִירוֹם Chîyrôwm, khee-rome'; another form of H2361; Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians:—Hiram, Huram.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H2438 in the following manner: Hiram (23x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H2438 in the following manner: Hiram (23x), variant (1x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חִירָם Chîyrâm, khee-rawm'; or
חִירוֹם Chîyrôwm, khee-rome'; another form of H2361; Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians:—Hiram, Huram.
STRONGS H2438: Abbreviations
† חִירָם proper name, masculine Hiram (Phoenician חרם; abbreviated from foregoing H297) — ח׳ 2 Samuel 5:11 + 18 times 1 Kings + Kt [H2361 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 4:11; 9:10] (all Qr חוּרָם); חִירוֺם 1 Kings 5:24 [1 Kings 5:10]; 1 Kings 5:32 [1 Kings 5:18]; 1 Kings 7:40; also חוּרָם [H2361 1 Chronicles 8:5] + 9 times Chronicles —
1. king of Tyre, contemporary of David & Solomon 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:15 [1 Kings 5:1] (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:16 [1 Kings 5:2]; 1 Kings 5:21 [1 Kings 5:7]; 1 Kings 5:22 [1 Kings 5:8]; 1 Kings 5:24 [1 Kings 5:10]; 1 Kings 5:25 [1 Kings 5:11] (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:26 [1 Kings 5:12]; 1 Kings 5:32 [1 Kings 5:18]; 1 Kings 9:11 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 9:12, 14, 27; 1 Kings 10:11, 22; 1 Chronicles 14:1;
[H2361 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 2:11-18; 2 Chronicles 8:2, 18; 9:10, 21].
2. an artificer of Tyre, sent by Hiram the king 1 Kings 7:13, 40 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:45;
[H2361 2 Chronicles 2:12; 4:11] (twice in verse); [H2361 2 Chronicles 4:16].
3. a Benjamite [H2361 1 Chronicles 8:5].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

5:11; 5:11

1 Kings

5:1; 5:2; 5:7; 5:8; 5:10; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 5:18; 5:18; 7:13; 7:40; 7:45; 9:11; 9:12; 10:11

1 Chronicles

14:1

H2438

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Strong's Number H2438 matches the Hebrew חִירָם (ḥîrām),
which occurs 26 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 - [fn] Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:2 - And Solomon sent word to Hiram,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7 - As soon as Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message that you have sent to me. I am ready to do all you desire in the matter of cedar and cypress timber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors[fn] of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000[fn] cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12 - And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:18 - So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:13 - And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:40 - Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - Now the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the LORD, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:14 - Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[fn] of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:27 - And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:11 - Moreover, the fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a very great amount of almug wood and precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:10 - Moreover, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones.
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