Ahiman

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Ahiman . 1 . One of the sons of Anak, at Hebron (  Numbers 13:22 ): the three claus, of which this was one, were either destroyed by Judah (  Judges 1:10 ), or expelled by the clan Caleb (  Joshua 15:14 ). 2 . A family of Levites who had charge of that gate of the Temple through which the king entered (  1 Chronicles 9:17 f.)

J. Taylor.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ahi'man. (Brother Of The Right Hand).

1. One of the three giant Anakim who inhabited Mount Hebron,  Numbers 13:22-23, seen by Caleb and the spies. (B.C. 1490). The whole race was cut off by Joshua,  Joshua 11:21, and the three brothers were slain by the tribe of Judah.  Judges 1:10.

2. A Levite porter.  1 Chronicles 9:17.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

• One of the three giant Anakim brothers whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron ( Numbers 13:22 ) when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain ( Joshua 15:14;  Judges 1:10 ).
• One of the guardians of the temple after the Exile (1Chronicles 9:17).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. One of the three sons of Anak who dwelt in Hebron when the spies went up,  Numbers 13:22; and who were driven out by Caleb and slain by Judah.  Joshua 15:14;  Judges 1:10 .

2. A porter, of the children of Levi.  1 Chronicles 9:17 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 13:22 Judges 1:10 1 Chronicles 9:17

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a - hı̄´man ( אחימן , 'ăḥı̄man , perhaps, "brother of fortune," or, "my brother is fortune"):

(1) One of the names given as those of the three "children of the Anak" ( Numbers 13:22;  Joshua 15:14; of  Numbers 13:28;  2 Samuel 21:16 ,  2 Samuel 21:18 ), or the three "sons of the Anak" ( Joshua 15:14;  Judges 1:20 ). The three names (Ahiman, Sheshai, Talmai) also occur together in  Judges 1:10 . The word Anak in the Hebrew Bible has the definite article except in  Numbers 13:33 and   Deuteronomy 9:2 . Its use is that of a common noun denoting a certain type of man, rather than as the proper name of a person or a clan, though this need not prevent our thinking of the Anakim as a clan or group of clans, who regarded Arba as their founder. The question is raised whether Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai are to be thought of as persons or as clans. The most natural understanding of the Bible statements is certainly to the effect that they were personal leaders among the Anakim of Kiriath-arba (Hebron). They were smitten and dispossessed by the tribe of Judah, with Caleb for leader.

(2) A L evite, one of the gatekeepers of the latest Bible times ( 1 Chronicles 9:17 ). He is associated with Akkub and Talmon and their brethren: compare  Nehemiah 11:19 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Achiman', אֲחַימןְ , in pause אֲחַימָן , Brother Of A Gift, i e. Liberal; Sept. Ἀχιμάν , but in  1 Chronicles 9:17, Αἰμάν v. r. Διμάν ), the name of two men.

1. One of the three famous giants of the race of Anak, who dwelt at Hebron when the first Hebrew spies explored the land ( Numbers 13:22), B.C. 1657; and who (or their descendants, Keil, Comment. in loc.) were afterward expelled by Caleb ( Joshua 15:14), B.C. 1612, and themselves eventually slain by the Judaites ( Judges 1:10), B.C. cir. 1593.

2. One of the Levitical Temple wardens after the exile ( 1 Chronicles 9:17), B.C. cir. 516.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ahim´an (brother of a gift), one of three famous giants, of the race of Anak, who dwelt at Hebron when the Hebrew spies explored the land ( Numbers 13:22).