Ahi

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 5:15 .

2. 1 Chronicles 7:34 . From Hebrew ach , "a brother"; or contracted from AHIJAH, or AHIAH.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 5:15 1 Chronicles 7:34

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

AHI (‘brother’). 1 . A Gadite ( 1 Chronicles 5:15 ). 2 . An Asherite ( 1 Chronicles 7:34 ). But the reading is in neither case free from doubt.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Abdiel, a descendant of Gad. 1 Chronicles 5:15 .

2. Son of Shamer a descendant of Asher. 1 Chronicles 7:34 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

A'hi. (a brother).

1. A Gadite, chief of a family who lived in Gilead in Bashan, 1 Chronicles 5:15 , in the days of Jotham and of Judah. (B.C. 758).

2. A descendant of Shamer, of the tribe of Asher. 1 Chronicles 7:34 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

<translit> ā´hı̄ </translit> ( אחי , <translit> 'ăḥı̄ </translit> , "my brother," or perhaps a contraction from <a> AHIJAH </a> , which see): (1) A member of the tribe of Gad ( 1 Chronicles 5:15 ). (2) A member of the tribe of Asher ( 1 Chronicles 7:34 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Achi', אֲחַי , my brother [comp. AHI-], the name of two men and a serprent.

1. (Sept. Ἀχί .) The first named of the four sons of Shamer, a chieftain of the tribe of Asher ( 1 Chronicles 7:34 ), B.C. long post 1612.

2. (Sept. ἀδελφός , but most copies omit.) A son of Abdiel, and chieftain of the tribe of Gad, resident in Bashan ( 1 Chronicles 5:15 ), B.C. apparently cir. 782.

is a name for the serpent mentioned in the RigVeda as the chief of the Asouras.

Ahi-

(See <a> AH </a> )-.