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Lexicon :: Strong's H2438 - ḥîrām

Aa
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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 - Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:7 - And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12 - Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:18 - Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:13 - Then King Solomon sent and got Hiram from Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:40 - And Hiram made the pots and spades and the basins. So Hiram came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (Hiram, king of Tyre, had given Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees and gold, as much as he had need of,) King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns which Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:14 - And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:27 - Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:11 - And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - And Huram made all the pots and the spades and the basins. So he came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:10 - And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.
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