Hebrew word · H286

אֲחִילוּד

'achilud

Ahilud

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

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.16;

father of: Jehoshaphat (H3092), Baana (H1195)

§ Ahilud = "child's brother"

1) father of Jehoshaphat, David's recorder

2) father of Baana, an officer of Solomon

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

2 Samuel · 2

  1. 2 Samuel 8:16 אֲחִיל֖וּד Ahilud

    Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

    Here: Jehoshaphat's father, otherwise unknown. A Baana son of Ahilud also appears among Solomon's district governors (1 Kgs 4:12), possibly a brother. The name's meaning is uncertain (perhaps "my brother is born").

  2. 2 Samuel 20:24 אֲחִיל֖וּד Ahilud

    Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

1 Kings · 2

  1. 1 Kings 4:3 אֲחִיל֖וּד Ahilud

    Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

  2. 1 Kings 4:12 אֲחִיל֔וּד Ahilud

    Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:15 אֲחִיל֖וּד Ahilud

    Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

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