Ahimoth
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
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 [2]
1 Chronicles 6:25. For Ahimoth stands Mahath in 1 Chronicles 6:35, as in Luke 3:26.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
AHIMOTH . A Kohathite Levite ( 1 Chronicles 6:25 ).
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
Son of Elkanah, of the house of Kohath. 1 Chronicles 6:25 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [5]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(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 [7]
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 ).
References
- ↑ Ahimoth from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahimoth from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahimoth from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Ahimoth from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahimoth from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahimoth from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Ahimoth from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
