Word Study · Strong's H2438 · Hebrew
חִירָם
Chiram
khee-rawm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chîyrâm
“Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians
Rendered in the KJV as
Hiram, Huram.
- 22occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- חִירָ֛ם3
- חִירָ֖ם3
- חִירָם֙3
- חִירָ֨ם2
- חִיר֜וֹם1
- חִיר֖וֹם1
- חִיר֔וֹם1
- חִירָ֗ם1
- חִירָ֣ם1
- חִירָ֤ם1
- חִירָ֔ם1
- חִירָ֑ם1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 2
- Hiram19
- to Hiram3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)19
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 19
- HR/Npm · 3
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings21 occurrences
- 1 Kings 5:1חִירָ֨םchiramproper noun (a name)Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:1חִירָ֛םchiramproper noun (a name)Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:2חִירָ֖םchiramproper noun (a name)And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:7חִירָ֛םchiramproper noun (a name)When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:8חִירָם֙chiramproper noun (a name)Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:10חִיר֜וֹםchiromproper noun (a name)So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:11לְחִירָ֜םlechirampreposition + proper noun (a name)and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.here: to Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:11לְחִירָ֖םlechirampreposition + proper noun (a name)and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.here: to Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:12חִירָם֙chiramproper noun (a name)And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:18חִיר֖וֹםchiromproper noun (a name)So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 7:13חִירָ֖םchiramproper noun (a name)Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 7:40חִיר֔וֹםchiromproper noun (a name)Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 7:40חִירָ֗םchiramproper noun (a name)Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 7:45חִירָ֛םchiramproper noun (a name)and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 9:11חִירָ֣םchiramproper noun (a name)King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 9:11לְחִירָם֙lechirampreposition + proper noun (a name)King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.here: to Hiram
- 1 Kings 9:12חִירָם֙chiramproper noun (a name)So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 9:14חִירָ֖םchiramproper noun (a name)And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 9:27חִירָ֤םchiramproper noun (a name)And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 10:11חִירָ֔םchiramproper noun (a name)(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.here: Hiram
- 1 Kings 10:22חִירָ֑םchiramproper noun (a name)For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.here: Hiram