Bible Names

Ahiman: meaning of the name

Ahiman means “brother of the right hand.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Ahiman in Hebrew and Greek

אֲחִימַן H289

ʼĂchîyman (akh-ee-man') — Achiman, the name of an Anakite and of an Israelite

or אֲחִימָן ; from H251 (אָח) and H4480 (מִן); brother of a portion (i.e. gift);

People named Ahiman in the Bible

Ahiman in Scripture

“Ahiman” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Numbers 13:22

    And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Joshua 15:14

    And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

  • Judges 1:10

    And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:17

    And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;