Hebrew word · H289

אֲחִימַן

'achiman

Ahiman

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.22;

son of: Anak (H6061);

brother of: Sheshai (H8344) and Talmai (H8526)

§ Ahiman = "my brother is a gift"

1) a son of Anak

2) a Levite servant in the temple

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

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Where it appears

Numbers · 1
  1. Numbers 13:22 אֲחִימַן֙ Ahiman

    They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

    Here: The first of three Anakite leaders or clans in Hebron. Joshua 15:14 and Judges 1:10 name the same three as driven out or killed when Hebron was taken.

Joshua · 1
  1. Joshua 15:14 אֲחִימַן֙ Ahiman

    And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

    Here: The second name. It may be Semitic, 'my brother is who?' or 'brother of Man/Mani', but the meaning is uncertain. A Levite gatekeeper in 1 Chr 9:17 has the same name.

Judges · 1
  1. Judges 1:10 אֲחִימַ֖ן Ahiman

    Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

1 Chronicles · 1
  1. 1 Chronicles 9:17 וַאֲחִימָ֑ן and Ahiman

    These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.