Strong’s H2438 · Hebrew

חִירָם
Chîyrâm
khee-rawm'

Definition

Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

  • Hiram
  • Huram

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What the first audience heard

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