Ahiman

Ahiman (a-hi'-man) is the name of two persons in the Bible:

• One of the three giant sons of Anak (the other two being Sheshai and Talmai) whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Book of Numbers 13:22) when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10).

• A Levite who was one of the guardians of the temple after the Exile (1 Chronicles 9:17).

Meaning: brother of the right hand / brother of a gift, liberal

References

Beecher, Willis J. "Ahiman" in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.