H0266 H0266
Ahohite; a gentilicic adjective designating descendants of Ahoah, applied to warriors in David's elite guard.
A patronymic adjective identifying members of the clan of Ahoah, a Benjaminite. It appears exclusively in the military rolls of David's mighty men. Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite (2 Sam 23:9; 1 Chr 11:12) and Zalmon/Ilai the Ahohite (2 Sam 23:28; 1 Chr 11:29) were among the elite Thirty. The consistent rendering across languages — English 'the Ahohite,' Spanish 'el ahohita,' French 'le Ahohite' — reflects the straightforward gentilicic function of this term.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A gentilicic designation meaning 'the Ahohite,' identifying a person as descended from the Benjaminite ancestor Ahoah. Used in the catalogues of David's mighty warriors (2 Sam 23:9, 28; 1 Chr 11:12, 29; 27:4). Every occurrence is bound to military heroism narratives, marking this clan as one of distinction in Israel's warrior culture. All major translation traditions preserve a recognizable transliteration of the Hebrew form. 5×
AR["أَخُوحِي", "الأَخُوحِي", "الْأَخُوحِيُّ"]·ben["অহোহী", "অহোহীয়"]·DE["Ahohi", "[האחוחי]", "der-Ahohite"]·EN["Ahohi", "the-Achochite", "the-Ahohite"]·FR["Ahohi", "[האחוחי]", "le-Ahohite"]·heb["אחוחי", "ה-אחוחי"]·HI["-के-अहोही", "अहोही", "अहोही-के"]·ID["-orang-Ahohi", "Ahohi", "orang-Ahohi"]·IT["Ahohi", "[האחוחי]", "il-Ahohite"]·jav["Ahohi", "tiyang-Ahoh", "tiyang-Ahohi"]·KO["그-아호아-사람", "그-아호히-사람", "아호히"]·PT["Achochi", "o-achochita", "o-aoita"]·RU["Ахохи", "Ахохянин", "ахохит", "ахохитянин"]·ES["Ajohi", "el-ahohíta", "el-ajojita", "el-ajojí"]·SW["Ahohi", "Mahohi", "Mwahohi"]·TR["Ahoah'nın", "Ahohi", "Ahohlu"]·urd["اخوحی", "اخوخی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲחוֹחִי (אֲחֹחִי) adj.gent. 2 S 23:9 (where for בֶּן־א׳ read הָא׳ We Dr; ref. unknown: Klo proposes בֶּן אִישׁ חַיִ(ל) cf. v 20) v 28 = 1 Ch 11:12, 29; 27:4.