Ammihud

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Ammihud (‘kinsman is majesty’). 1 . An Ephraimite, father of Elishama (  Numbers 1:10;   Numbers 2:18;   Numbers 7:48;   Numbers 7:53;   Numbers 10:22 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )). 2 . A Simeonite, father of Shemuel (  Numbers 34:20 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )). 3 . A Naphtalite, father of Pedahel (  Numbers 34:28 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )). 4 . According to the Qerç of   2 Samuel 13:37 and the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , the name of the father of the Geshurite king Talmai ( Kethibh and RV [Note: Revised Version.] Ammihur ). 5 . Son of Omri, father of Uthai (  1 Chronicles 9:4 ).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Am'mihud. (People Of Praise).

1. An Ephraimite, father of Elishama, the chief of the tribe, at the time of the Exodus.  Numbers 1:10;  Numbers 2:18;  Numbers 7:26;  Numbers 7:48;  Numbers 7:53;  Numbers 10:22 and, through him, ancestor of Joshua. (B.C. 1491).

2. A Simeonite, father of Shemuel.  Numbers 34:20.

3. The father of Pedahel, prince of the tribe of Naphtali.  Numbers 34:28.

4. The father-of Talmai, king of Geshur.  2 Samuel 13:37.

5. A descendant of Pharez, son of Judah.  1 Chronicles 9:4.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  Numbers 1:10;  Numbers 2:18;  Numbers 7:48;  Numbers 7:53;  Numbers 10:22.

2.  Numbers 34:20.

3.  Numbers 34:28.

4.  2 Samuel 13:37.

5.  1 Chronicles 9:4.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 1:10 Numbers 7:48 Numbers 10:22 1 Chronicles 7:26 2 Numbers 34:20 3 Numbers 34:28 4 2 Samuel 13:37 5 1 Chronicles 9:4

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The son of Omri, and the father of Uthai ( 1 Chronicles 9:4 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Ammihud'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/ammihud.html. 1897.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Ephraimite chief, father of Elishama.  Numbers 1:10;  1 Chronicles 7:26 .

2. Simeonite chief, father of Shemuel.  Numbers 34:20 .

3. Chief of Naphtali, father of Pedahel.  Numbers 34:28 .

4. Father of Talmai, king of Geshur.  2 Samuel 13:37 .

5. Descendant of Pharez.  1 Chronicles 9:4 .

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

Several of the Israelites were called by this name. We find it, ( Numbers 1:10; Num 34:20; Num 34:28) It is a compound of Amm, people, and Hud, praise, and with the 1make it the people of my praise.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a - mı̄´hud ( עמּיהוּד , ‛ammı̄hūdh , "my kinsman is glorious"; variously in the Septuagint, Ἐμιούδ , Emioúd or Σεμιούδ , Semioud or Άμιούδ , Amioúd ): The name of several Old Testament persons.

(1) Father of Elishama, who in the wilderness was head of the tribe of Ephraim ( Numbers 1:10;  Numbers 2:18;  Numbers 7:48 ,  Numbers 7:53;  Numbers 10:22;  1 Chronicles 7:26 ).

(2) Father of Shemuel, who was appointed by Moses from the tribe of Simeon to divide the land among the tribes after they should have entered Canaan ( Numbers 34:20 ).

(3) Father of Pedahel, who was appointed from the tribe of Naphtali for the same purpose as the Ammihud of (2) ( Numbers 34:28 ).

(4) In the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin for the Ammihur ( עמּיחוּר , ‛ammı̄ḥūr ,"my kinsman is noble"), who was father of Talmai of Geshur, a little Aramaic kingdom East of the Lebanon mountains, to whom Absalom fled after the murder of his brother Amnon. The weight of evidence seems to favor the reading Ammichur ( 2 Samuel 13:37 ).

(5) A descendant of Judah through the line of Perez ( 1 Chronicles 9:4 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Ammihud', עִמַּיהוּד , People Of Glory, i e. Renowned; Sept.

Ε᾿Μιούδ , but in 1 Chronicles Ἀμιούδ ), the name of five men.

1. The father of Elishama, which latter was the Ephraimite chief in the time of the Exode ( Numbers 1:10;  Numbers 2:18;  Numbers 7:48;  Numbers 7:53;  Numbers 10:22). He was the son of Laadan, and the fifth or sixth in descent from Ephraim ( 1 Chronicles 7:26). B.C. ante 1658.

2. The father of Shemuel, which latter was a Simeonite chief of the period of the Exode ( Numbers 34:20). B.C. ante 1618.

3. The father of Pedahel, which latter was the chief of the tribe of Naphtali at the same period ( Numbers 34:28). B.C. ante 1618.

4. The father of Talmai, the king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after his murder of Amnon ( 2 Samuel 13:37, where the text has עִמַּיהוּר , Ammichur, margin "Ammihur"). B.C. ante 1033.

5. The son of Omri the descendant of Pharez, and the father of Uthai, which last was one of those who lived at Jerusalem on the return from Babylon ( 1 Chronicles 9:4). B.C. ante 556.