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

A king of Tyre. (biblical character)
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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.
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
Spanish: Jirán

male given name

Hawaiian: Hailama

Anagrams

Ahmir, Rahim, harim, ihram