Bible Dictionary

Huram

The name Huram means “their liberty; their whiteness; their hole”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(noble born).
  1. A Benjamite; son of Bela, the first-born of the patriarch. (1 Chronicles 8:5)
  2. The form in which the name of the king of Tyre in alliance with David and Solomon --and elsewhere given as Hiram, Or Huram-- appears in Chronicles. (1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 2:3,11,12; 8:2,18; 9:10,21)
  3. The same Change occurs in Chronicles in the name of Hiram the artificer, which is given as Hiram, Or Huram in (2 Chronicles 2:13; 4:11,16) [Hiram, Or Huram]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

hu'-ram (churam, "noble-born"):

(1) Grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 8:5).

(2) King of Tyre in alliance with David and Solomon. So named in 2Ch 2:3,11,12; 8:2; 9:10,21, but elsewhere written HIRAM (which see).

(3) The Tyrian artisan who is so named in 2Ch 2:13; 4:11,16, but elsewhere called "Hiram."