Hiram
/ˈhaɪɹəm/
Hiram proper noun: a king of Tyre. (biblical character).
Proper noun
Hiram
- A king of Tyre. (biblical character)
- 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.
- 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.1994, Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Scribner's, →ISBN, page 8
- A city in Paulding County, Georgia.
- A town in Oxford County, Maine.
- A township in Cass County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri.
- A village in Portage County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia.
Hiram meaning in Marathi and Arabic
Hiram in Marathi
- male given name
- हायरम hāyram
Hiram in Arabic
- biblical character
- حِيرَام ḥīrām
Origin of Hiram
From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, “high-born”), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of אֲחִירָם ('aḥirám, “brother of the exalted”).
Words formed from Hiram
Questions about Hiram
- What does Hiram mean?
- Hiram means a king of Tyre. (biblical character).
- What is Hiram in Marathi?
- Hiram in Marathi is हायरम (hāyram). See Hiram meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is Hiram?
- Hiram is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Hiram?
- Hiram is pronounced /ˈhaɪɹəm/.
Words near Hiram in the dictionary
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