English Explanatory Dictionary

Hiram

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A king of Tyre. (biblical character)
  2. A male given name from Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaɪɹəm/

Word forms

Hiram

Etymology

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

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