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Ahinadab in Wikipedia

is one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon in so many districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed to the district of Mahanaim (1 Kings 4:14), east of Jordan....

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Akkub in Wikipedia

In Ezra 2:45 , Akkub is the head of a family of Nethinim. In 1 Chronicles 3:24 , Akkub is a son of Elionenai, descendant of Solomon living in the Kingdom of Judah around 420 BC. In 1 Chronicles 9:17 , Ezra 2:42 , and Nehemiah 7:45 , Akkub is a Levite gatekeeper at the Temple in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity....

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Amariah in Wikipedia

means "said by God" in Hebrew. It was commonly used as a name of priests in the History of ancient Israel and Judah. It appear several times in the Hebrew Bible: One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:7,52). He was probably the last of the high priests of Eleazar's line prior to the transfer of that office to Eli, of the line of ...

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Ahio in Wikipedia

One of the sons of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:14). One of the sons of Jehiel the Gibeonite (1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37). One of the sons of Abinadab. While his brother Uzzah went by the side of the Ark of the Covenant, Ahio walked before it guiding the oxen which drew the cart on which it was carried, after having brought it from his father's house in Gibeah (1 C...

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Alemeth in Wikipedia

In the Hebrew Bible, Alemeth was: One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:8). One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1 Chronicles 8:36). A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 6:60), called also Almon (Joshua 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth. The word alemeth means coveri...

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Amasa in Wikipedia

- burden. A son of Abigail (2 Sam 17:25 ), who was sister to King David (1 Chr 2:16,17 ) and Zeruiah, the mother of Joab. Hence, Amasa was a nephew to David, a cousin to Joab, as well as a cousin to Absalom. Absalom, David's mutinous son, revolted and won over the tribes of Israel (2 Sam 15 ). He appointed Amasa over the army, in effect replac...

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Ahira in Wikipedia

meaning Brother of evil or unlucky or my brother is friend, was an Old Testament character. He was chief of the tribe of Naphtali at the Exodus (Numbers 1:15 ; 2:29 )....

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Alexander in Wikipedia

Etymologically, the name is derived from Αλέξανδρος Aléxandros, which is a compound of the Greek verb ἀλέξω (alexō) "protector of men", "god", "to hold off" and the noun ἀνδρός (andros), genitive of ἀνήρ (anēr) "man". It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek (or Indo-European more generally) names expressing "battle-prowess", in this ...

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Ahishar in Wikipedia

Brother of song = singer, the officer who was "over the household" of Solomon (1 Kings 4:6 )....

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Amasai in Wikipedia

There were four biblical characters called Amasai (Hebrew: עֲמָ‏שַׂ‏י‎ "burdensome", pronounced [ˈamasai]). The name is rarely used in modern Hebrew. Its only known contemporary appearance is in the first name of the poet and translator Amasai Levin. It is used less rarely as a Hebrew family name. Amasai the Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ances...

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