Bible Names

Hiram: meaning of the name

Hiram means “exaltation of life; a destroyer.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Hiram in Hebrew and Greek

חִירָם H2438

Chîyrâm (khee-rawm') — Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians

or חִירוֹםlemma חִירֹם missing vav, corrected to חִירוֹם; another form of H2361 (חוּרָם);

People named Hiram in the Bible

Hiram in Scripture

“Hiram” appears in 19 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Samuel 5:11

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

  • 1 Kings 5:1

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

  • 1 Kings 5:2

    And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

  • 1 Kings 5:7

    And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

  • 1 Kings 5:8

    And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

  • 1 Kings 5:10

    So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

  • 1 Kings 5:11

    And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

  • 1 Kings 5:12

    And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.