Hebrew word · H266

אֲחוֹחִי

ha'achochi

Ahohi

A clan name: 'belonging to Ahoah/Ahoh'. Ahoah appears as a Benjaminite in 1 Chr 8:4 (and perhaps 'Ahiah', 8:7).

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

Someone descended from Ahoah, a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.9;

son of: Bela (H1106A);

brother of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031) and Abishua (H0050H); also called Ahoah at 1Ch.8.4;

Group of a.cho.ach (אֲחוֹחַ "Ahoah" H0265)

§ Ahohite = "brother of rest"

one of the clan of Ahoah

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

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 27:4

Range of meaning

A clan name: 'belonging to Ahoah/Ahoh'. Ahoah appears as a Benjaminite in 1 Chr 8:4 (and perhaps 'Ahiah', 8:7).

Against the English

Translations simply transliterate it ('Ahohite'). That is accurate but tells the reader nothing about the clan or why the label matters.

Used elsewhere in the period

2 Sam 23:9 (Eleazar son of Dodo/Dodai, 'son of an Ahohite'); 2 Sam 23:28 and 1 Chr 11:29 (Zalmon/Ilai the Ahohite); 1 Chr 11:12 (Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 2

  1. 2 Samuel 23:9 אֲחֹחִ֑י Ahoah

    Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,

  2. 2 Samuel 23:28 הָֽאֲחֹחִ֔י the Ahohite

    Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:12 הָאֲחוֹחִ֑י the Ahohite

    Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men.

  2. 1 Chronicles 11:29 הָאֲחוֹחִֽי׃ ס the Ahohite

    Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

  3. 1 Chronicles 27:4 הָאֲחוֹחִי֙ the Ahohite

    Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division for the second month, and Mikloth was the leader. There were 24,000 men in his division.

    Here: 'The Ahohite' is a clan name, probably from Ahoah, a Benjaminite (1 Chr 8:4). The same clan label is attached to Eleazar (11:12) and to Zalmon/Ilai (2 Sam 23:28; 1 Chr 11:29) in the lists of David's warriors.

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