Jehoram

Proper noun

Jehoram

1. A male given name from Hebrew, of chiefly biblical usage.
   • It is from the Bible, in the Hebrew chronicles of which we find the name Nimshi; but we are told absolutely nothing of him, except that he was the grandfather of the fast-driving Jehu, who revolted against Jehoram [of Israel] and became king of Israel.1883 December, Richard Grant White, “Some Alleged Americanisms”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume LII, number CCCXIV, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
   • Your correspondent asks, “Has the author any authority for using the Forty-fifth Psalm as the marriage hymn of Ahab and Jezebel?” For an answer I will refer to [Ferdinand] Hitzig; but if the works of that writer should not be obtainable, then perhaps the footnote on Page 348 of [Frederic] Farrar’s...1902 October 11, Lafayette McLaws, “From Readers. About ‘Jezebel.’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC