Hiram

See also: hiram

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, “high-born”), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of אֲחִירָם ('aḥirám, “brother of the exalted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪɹəm/

Proper noun

Hiram

1. A king of Tyre. (biblical character)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.

2. A male given name from Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century.
   • 1994, Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Scribner's, →ISBN, page 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.

Related terms

• Hi (pet form)

Translations

biblical character

• Faroese: Hiram m
• Finnish: Hiram
• Greek:

  Ancient: Χιράμ m (Khirám), Εἴρωμος (Eírōmos) ((Josephus))

• Hawaiian: Hirama
• Irish: Híorám m
• Spanish: Jirán

male given name

• Hawaiian: Hailama

Anagrams

• Ahmir, Rahim, harim, ihram