Ahimoth

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 6:25

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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 ).