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חִירָם H2438

H2438 is the Hebrew word חִירָם, transliterated Chîyrâm and said khee-rawm'. The King James Version most often renders it hiram.

Word: חִירָםTransliteration: ChîyrâmSaid: khee-rawm'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 20 verses

What it means

Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians.

Where it comes from

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

How the King James Version translates it

Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

hiram 17×now hiram 2×came to pass when hiram 1×between hiram 1×hiram's 1×also of hiram 1×huram 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Hiram, Huram.

Verses using חִירָם

All 20 verses, quoted in full.

2 Samuel 5:11 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

1 Kings 5:7 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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

1 Kings 5:11 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

1 Kings 5:18 · KJV

And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

1 Kings 7:13 · KJV

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

1 Kings 7:40 · KJV

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

1 Kings 7:45 · KJV

And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.

1 Kings 9:11 · KJV

(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

1 Kings 9:12 · KJV

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

1 Kings 9:14 · KJV

And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

1 Kings 9:27 · KJV

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

1 Kings 10:11 · KJV

And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

1 Kings 10:22 · KJV

For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

1 Chronicles 14:1 · KJV

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

2 Chronicles 4:11 · KJV

And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

Common questions

What does Strong's H2438 mean?

H2438 is the Hebrew word חִירָם (Chîyrâm), meaning Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians.

How is H2438 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it hiram (17 times), now hiram (2 times), came to pass when hiram (1 time), between hiram (1 time), hiram's (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2438 appear in the Bible?

חִירָם (Chîyrâm) is tagged in 20 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2438 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or חִירוֹםlemma חִירֹם missing vav, corrected to חִירוֹם; another form of H2361 (חוּרָם).

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