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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_434" /> ==
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_434" /> ==
<p> <translit> a </translit> - <translit> hı̄´moth </translit> ( <span> אחימות </span> , <i> <translit> 'aḥı̄mōth </translit> </i> , "brother of death," or, "my brother is death"): A descendant of [[Kohath]] the son of [[Levi]] ( <span> 1 [[Chronicles]] 6:25 </span> ); ancestor of [[Elkanah]] the father of Samuel. The name [[Mahath]] holds a similar place in the list that follows ( <span> 1 Chronicles 6:35 </span> ). </p>
<p> '''''a''''' -'''''hı̄´moth''''' ( <span> אחימות </span> , <i> ''''''aḥı̄mōth''''' </i> , "brother of death," or, "my brother is death"): A descendant of [[Kohath]] the son of [[Levi]] ( <span> 1 [[Chronicles]] 6:25 </span> ); ancestor of [[Elkanah]] the father of Samuel. The name [[Mahath]] holds a similar place in the list that follows ( <span> 1 Chronicles 6:35 </span> ). </p>
          
          
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18174" /> ==
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18174" /> ==
<p> (Hebrew Achimoth', <span> אֲחַימוֹת </span> <span> , brother of death, </span> i e. perh. <span> destructive; </span> Sept. <span> Ἀχιμώθ </span> ), a person named with [[Amasai]] as sons of Elkanah, a [[Levite]] ( <span> 1 [[Chronicles]] 6:25 </span> ). From <span> 1 Chronicles 6:35 </span> , however, it would appear that he was rather the grandson of this [[Elkanah]] (through Amasai), and the father of the other Elkanah of <span> 1 Chronicles 6:26 </span> . [[He]] is there called MAHATH (See <a> MAHATH </a> ) (q.v.). </p>
<p> (Hebrew Achimoth', <span> אֲחַימוֹת </span> <span> , brother of death, </span> i e. perh. <span> destructive; </span> Sept. <span> Ἀχιμώθ </span> ), a person named with [[Amasai]] as sons of Elkanah, a [[Levite]] ( <span> 1 [[Chronicles]] 6:25 </span> ). From <span> 1 Chronicles 6:35 </span> , however, it would appear that he was rather the grandson of this [[Elkanah]] (through Amasai), and the father of the other Elkanah of <span> 1 Chronicles 6:26 </span> . [[He]] is there called MAHATH (See [[Mahath]]) (q.v.). </p>
          
          
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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

1 Chronicles 6:25 . For Ahimoth stands Mahath in 1 Chronicles 6:35 , as in Luke 3:26 .

Holman Bible Dictionary [2]

1 Chronicles 6:25

Hitchcock's Bible Names [3]

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]

AHIMOTH . A Kohathite Levite ( 1 Chronicles 6:25 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]

Son of Elkanah, of the house of Kohath. 1 Chronicles 6:25 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary [6]

Ahi'moth. (brother of death). A Levite, apparently in the time of David. 1 Chronicles 6:25 . In 1 Chronicles 6:35 , for Ahimoth , we find Mahath , as in Luke 3:26 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]

a -hı̄´moth ( אחימות , 'aḥı̄mōth , "brother of death," or, "my brother is death"): A descendant of Kohath the son of Levi ( 1 Chronicles 6:25 ); ancestor of Elkanah the father of Samuel. The name Mahath holds a similar place in the list that follows ( 1 Chronicles 6:35 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [8]

(Hebrew Achimoth', אֲחַימוֹת , brother of death, i e. perh. destructive; Sept. Ἀχιμώθ ), a person named with Amasai as sons of Elkanah, a Levite ( 1 Chronicles 6:25 ). From 1 Chronicles 6:35 , however, it would appear that he was rather the grandson of this Elkanah (through Amasai), and the father of the other Elkanah of 1 Chronicles 6:26 . He is there called MAHATH (See Mahath) (q.v.).

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