chiram · Hiram

What it means

chiram (חִירָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hiram”.

King of Tyre, friend of David and of Solomon, who sent cedar wood and craftsmen (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5); also a craftsman from Tyre who worked on the temple (1 Kings 7:13).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Hiram ×22
• Huram ×1

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×21
• 1 Chronicles×1

• 2 Samuel 5:11

  Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and craftsmen in wood and craftsmen in wall stone, and they built a house for David.

• 1 Kings 5:1

  And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him as king in place of his father; for Hiram had loved David all the days.

• 1 Kings 5:2

  And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

• 1 Kings 5:7

  And it happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be YHWH today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.”

• 1 Kings 5:8

  And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have heard what you sent to me; I will do all your pleasure concerning timber of cedar and timber of cypress.

• 1 Kings 5:10

  So Hiram was giving Solomon timber of cedar and timber of cypress, all his pleasure.

• 1 Kings 5:11

  And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as sustenance for his house, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.

• 1 Kings 5:12

  And YHWH gave wisdom to Solomon, as he had spoken to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a covenant.

• 1 Kings 5:18

  And the builders of Solomon and the builders of Hiram and the Gebalites hewed them and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

• 1 Kings 7:13

  And King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.

• 1 Kings 7:40

  And Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. And Hiram finished doing all the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of YHWH:

• 1 Kings 7:45

  and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls. And all these utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of YHWH were of burnished bronze.

• 1 Kings 9:11

  — Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with timber of cedar and timber of cypress and with gold, according to all his pleasure — that then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

• 1 Kings 9:12

  And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, and they were not right in his eyes.

• 1 Kings 9:14

  And Hiram had sent to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

• 1 Kings 9:27

  And Hiram sent in the ships his servants, men of ships, who knew the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

• 1 Kings 10:11

  And also the ships of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir very much almug wood and precious stones.

• 1 Kings 10:22

  For the king had ships of Tarshish at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come, carrying gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

• 1 Chronicles 14:1

  Huram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and craftsmen in wall and craftsmen in wood, to build him a house.

And 4 more times.