Hebrew word · H287

אֲחִימוֹת

va'achimot

Ahimoth

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.25;

son of: Amasai (H6022);

father of: Elkanah (H0511J); also called Mahath at 1Ch.6.35;

Also named: ma.chat (מַ֫חַת "Mahath" H4287I)

§ Ahimoth = "brother of death" or "my brother is death"

a son of Elkanah, a Levite

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 · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:25 וַאֲחִימֽוֹת׃ and Ahimoth

    The descendants of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth,

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