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).
The name means "brother of the right hand" / "brother of a gift", "liberal."
References
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). "Ahiman". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.