Hebrew word · H2361

חוּרָם

churam

Hiram

Appears 13 times in 12 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.5.11

Another name of chi.ram (חִירָם "Hiram" H2438G)

§ Huram = "noble born"

1) son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin

2) king of Tyre allied with David and Solomon; alternate spelling for 'Hiram'

3) a chief architect of Solomon's temple; alternate spelling for 'Hiram'

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:5 וְחוּרָֽם׃ and Huram

    Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

  2. 1 Chronicles 14:1 חוּרָ֨ם Huram

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

2 Chronicles · 11

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:3 חוּרָ֥ם Huram

    Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.

  2. 2 Chronicles 2:11 חוּרָ֤ם Huram

    Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”

  3. 2 Chronicles 2:12 חוּרָם֒ Huram

    And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

    Here: Hiram I, king of the Phoenician city of Tyre. Chronicles uses the spelling Huram. The name is probably a short form of ʾAḥîrām, 'my brother is exalted'.

  4. 2 Chronicles 2:13 לְחוּרָ֥ם <to> Huram

    So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.

  5. 2 Chronicles 4:11 חוּרָ֔ם חוּרָ֗ם Huram

    Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:

  6. 2 Chronicles 4:16 חוּרָ֥ם Huram

    and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

  7. 2 Chronicles 8:2 חוּרָם֙ Huram

    Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.

    Here: King of Tyre, Solomon's Phoenician ally and supplier of cedar and craftsmen. Chronicles regularly spells him Huram; Kings spells him Hiram. Same man.

  8. 2 Chronicles 8:18 חוּרָ֨ם Huram

    So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.

  9. 2 Chronicles 9:10 חוּרָם֙ Huram

    (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

  10. 2 Chronicles 9:21 חוּרָ֑ם Huram

    For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

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