Ahiezer

Easton's Bible Dictionary

• The chief of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus ( Numbers 1:12  ; 2:25  ; 10:25 ).
• The chief of the Benjamite slingers that repaired to David at Ziklag (1Chronicles 12:3).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Hereditary prince captain of Dan under Moses ( Numbers 1:12  ; Numbers 2:25  ; Numbers 7:66 ).

2. 1 Chronicles 12:3 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

Numbers 1:12 Numbers 2:25 Numbers 7:66-71 Numbers 10:25 2 1 Chronicles 12:1-3

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

AHIEZER (‘brother is help’). 1 . Son of Ammi-shaddai, one of the tribal princes who represented Dan at the census and on certain other occasions ( Numbers 1:12  ; Numbers 2:25  ; Numbers 7:66  ; Numbers 7:71  ; Numbers 10:25 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )). 2 . The chief of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:1-3 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Ammishaddai, and one of the princes of the tribe of Dan. Numbers 1:12  ; Numbers 2:25  ; Numbers 7:66,71  ; Numbers 10  : 25.

2. Benjamite, chief of the armed men that flocked to David at Ziklag 1 Chronicles 12:3 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ahi-e'zer. (brother of help).

1. Son of Ammishaddai, hereditary chieftain of the tribe of Dan. Numbers 1:12  ; Numbers 2:25  ; Numbers 7:66 . (B.C. 1490).

2. The Benjamite chief of a body of archers in the time of David. 1 Chronicles 12:3 . (B.C. 1050).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ā -hı̄ -ē´zer ( אחיעזר , 'ăḥı̄‛ezer , "brother is help"): (1) A son of Ammishaddai, a Danite prince, who acted as representative of his tribe on several occasions. (See Numbers 1:12  ; Numbers 2:25  ; Numbers 7:66 , Numbers 7:71  ; Numbers 10:25 .) (2) One of the mighty men or warriors, who joined David at Ziklag when a furtive before Saul ( 1 Chronicles 12:3 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ahie´zer (brother of help), the hereditary chief or prince of the tribe of Dan at the time that the Israelites quitted Egypt ( Numbers 1:12 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Achim'zer, אֲחַיעֶזֶר , brother of help, i e. helpful; Sept. Ἀχιέζερ ), the name of two men.

1. A son of Ammishaddai, and phylarch or chief of the tribe of Dan at the time of the exode ( Numbers 1:12  ; Numbers 2:25  ; Numbers 10:25 ). He made an offering for the service of the tabernacle, like his compeers ( Numbers 7:66  ; Numbers 7:71 ), B.C. 1657.

2. The chief of the Benjamite warriors and slingers that repaired to David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:3 ), B.C. 1054.