Lahmi

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

LAHMI . The brother of Goliath the Gittite, slain by Elhanan the son of Jair ( 1 Chronicles 20:5 ). There is a discrepancy between this passage and the parallel passage in 2 Samuel 21:19 , where we read that ‘Elhanan [wh. see] the Bethlehemite slew Goliath the Gittite.’ If the text of Chronicles is the more correct, the designation Bethlehemite of Samuel is simply a corruption of the name Lahmi , but the converse might also be the case.

T. A. Moxon.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Lah'mi. (warrior). The brother of Goliath, the Gittite, slain by Elhanan, the son of Zair or Zaor. 1 Chronicles 20:5. (B.C. 1020).

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 20:52 Samuel 21:191 Samuel 17:1

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 20:5. (See ELHANAN; JAARE OREGIM.) 2 Samuel 21:19.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Brother of Goliath, killed by Elhanan. 1 Chronicles 20:5 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Lachmi', לִחְמַי , my bread; Septuag. Λεεμεί v. r. Λοομί, Λαχμί, etc.; Vulg. Bethlehemites), a person named (1 Chronicles 20:5) as being the brother of (Goliath, and slain by Elhanan, one of David's heroes; but prob. a corrupt reading for BETH-LEHEMITE, as in the parallel passage (2 Samuel 21:19). (See Elhanan). It wouldi seem that both these passages should be restored so as to read thus: " Elhanan, the son of Jair (or Dodo) of Bethlehem, slew the brother of Goliath of CGath, whose spear-handle was like a weaver's beam." (See Jair).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

la´mı̄ ( לחמי , laḥmı̄ ): According to 1 Chronicles 20:5 , the brother of Goliath of Gath. See El-Hanan .