H0277 H0277
Achi, a personal name meaning 'my brother'
A Hebrew personal name appearing in two genealogical lists in 1 Chronicles. The name is a shortened form meaning 'my brother' or possibly an element in longer theophoric names. It appears among the descendants of Gad (1 Chronicles 5:15) and in the genealogy of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:34). The name's brevity and its appearance only in genealogies suggests it may be a familial nickname or abbreviated form rather than a formal given name.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Multilingual translations treat this as a proper noun requiring transliteration: Spanish offers 'Aji' or 'Ají,' while French and German preserve the Hebrew in brackets, indicating uncertainty about how to render this short, ambiguous name. The two occurrences in different tribal genealogies (Gad and Asher) suggest 'Achi' was used independently in multiple families, possibly as a term of endearment that became a fixed name. 2×
AR["أَخي"]·ben["অহি"]·DE["[אחי]"]·EN["Achi"]·FR["[אחי]"]·heb["אחי"]·HI["अही"]·ID["Ahi"]·IT["[אחי]"]·jav["Ahi"]·KO["아히"]·PT["Achi"]·RU["Ахи"]·ES["Aji", "Ají"]·SW["Ahi"]·TR["Ahi"]·urd["احی"]
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
† אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲחִיָּה † אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲחִיָּה (always, except where other form noted), אֲחִי n.pr.m. (brother of Yah(u), cf. Ph. חמלך brother of Milk, & especially אחתמלך sister of Milk, where אחת must be cstr. since מלך is a male deity; cf. Carth. חתמלקרת Euting 213). 1. a priest 1 S 14:3, 18. 2. a scribe 1 K 4:3. 3. a prophet 1 K 11:29, 30; 12:15; 14:2, 4; 15:29 2 Ch 9:29; 1 K 14:4, 5, 6, 18…