Ahiman

Ahiman /əˈhaɪmən/ 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 Israelite spies saw in Mount Hebron (Book of Numbers 13:22) when they went in to explore the promised 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 a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "^{article name needed}". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

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