Hiram
See also: hiram
English edit
Etymology edit
From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, “high-born”), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of אֲחִירָם ('aḥirám, “brother of the exalted”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hiram
- A king of Tyre. (biblical character)
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 5:1::
- And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
- A male given name from Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century.
- 1994, Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Scribner's, →ISBN, page 8:
- Harm. It wasn't even a nickname. It was just the way folks had always pronounced his first name Hiram, in mountain dialect, a long "i" sound blending the two syllables into an aspirated breath.
Related terms edit
- Hi (pet form)
Translations edit
biblical character
male given name
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