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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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King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David; he also sent cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

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King Hiram of Tyre sent his emissaries to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place, for Hiram had always been friends with David.

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Solomon sent this message to Hiram:

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When Hiram heard Solomon’s words, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD today! He has given David a wise son to be over this great people! ”

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Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying, “I have heard your message; I will do everything you want regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

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So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,

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and Solomon provided Hiram with one hundred twenty thousand bushels[fn] of wheat as food for his household and one hundred twenty thousand gallons[fn] of oil from crushed olives. Solomon did this for Hiram year after year.

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The LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

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So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.

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King Solomon had Hiram[fn] brought from Tyre.

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Then Hiram made the basins, the shovels, and the sprinkling basins.

So Hiram finished all the work that he was doing for King Solomon on the LORD’s temple:

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and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling basins. All the utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon at the LORD’s temple were made of burnished bronze.

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King Hiram of Tyre having supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every wish ​— ​King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

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

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Now Hiram had sent the king nine thousand pounds[fn] of gold.

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With the fleet, Hiram sent his servants, experienced seamen, along with Solomon’s servants.

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In addition, Hiram’s fleet that carried gold from Ophir brought from Ophir a large quantity of almug[fn] wood and precious stones.

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for the king had ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]

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King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters to build a palace for him.

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Then Huram[fn] made the pots, the shovels, and the bowls.

So Huram finished doing the work that he was doing for King Solomon in God’s temple:

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In addition, Hiram’s servants and Solomon’s servants who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

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