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Hiram
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hiram
English
thumb|Community Church, Hiram, Maine
Etymology
From en hbo חִירָם Ḥirám high-born, possibly from en phn -, or a shortened form of he אֲחִירָם 'aḥirám brother of the exalted.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhaɪɹəm/
Proper noun
A king of Tyre. biblical character
1 Kings 5 1:
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.
en male Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century.
en 1994 w:Sharyn McCrumb She Walks These Hills Scribner's 0684195569 8 Harm. It wasn't even a nickname. It was just the way folks had always pronounced his first name Hiram, in mountain dialect, a long "i" sound blending the two syllables into an aspirated breath.
en number of places c/USA:
en city co/Paulding County s/Georgia.
en town co/Oxford County s/Maine.
en twp co/Cass County s/Minnesota.
en ucomm co/Wayne County s/Missouri.
en village co/Portage County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Kaufman County s/Texas.
en ucomm co/Preston County s/West Virginia.
Derived terms
en Hiramic
Related terms
en Hi pet form
Translations
biblical character
Arabic: ar حِيرَام m
Faroese: fo Hiram m
Finnish: fi Hiram
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Χιράμ m, grc Εἴρωμος (Josephus)
Hawaiian: haw Hirama
Irish: ga Híorám m
Polish: pl Hiram m-pr
Spanish: es Jirán
male given name
Hawaiian: haw Hailama
Marathi: mr हायरम m
Polish: pl Hiram m-pr
Anagrams
en ahimr Ahmir Rahim harim ihram
en Biblical characters