H0286 H0286
Ahilud; a personal name meaning perhaps 'child's brother,' borne by the father of two officials under David and Solomon.
A proper name traditionally explained as 'brother of one born' or 'child's brother.' Ahilud's primary significance is as the father of Jehoshaphat the recorder, who served under David (2 Sam 8:16; 20:24; 1 Chr 18:15) and into Solomon's reign (1 Kgs 4:3). A second Ahilud is the father of Baana, one of Solomon's twelve district governors (1 Kgs 4:12). The name appears with remarkable consistency across translations — French 'Ahilud,' Spanish 'Ajilud' — all preserving the Hebrew consonantal structure.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name Ahilud, identifying two men in the Davidic-Solomonic administration: (a) father of Jehoshaphat the royal recorder under David and Solomon (2 Sam 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kgs 4:3; 1 Chr 18:15), and (b) father of Baana, Solomon's governor in the Jezreel-Beth-shean district (1 Kgs 4:12). The etymological sense 'brother of a child' is uncertain but may reflect birth-order naming customs. Translations uniformly transliterate the name rather than gloss it. 5×
AR["أَخيلودَ", "أَخِيلُودَ"]·ben["অহীলূদের"]·DE["Achilud", "Ahilud", "[אחילוד]"]·EN["Achilud", "Ahilud"]·FR["Achilud", "Ahilud", "[אחילוד]"]·heb["אחילוד"]·HI["अखीलूद", "अहीलूद-का"]·ID["Ahilud"]·IT["Achilud", "Ahilud", "[אחילוד]"]·jav["Ahilud"]·KO["아히룣의", "아히룻의", "아힐룻", "아힐룻의"]·PT["'Achilud", "'Ahilud", "Achilud", "Ahilud"]·RU["Ахилуда"]·ES["Ajilud"]·SW["Ahiludi"]·TR["Ahilud'un", "Ahilut'un"]·urd["اخیلود-کا"]
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
† אֲחִילוּד n.pr.m. (according to Thes = אֲחִי יְלוּד child’s brother (?)) 1. father of Jehoshaphat, David’s chronicler 2 S 8:16; 20:24 1 K 4:3 1 Ch 18:15. 2. father of Baana, officer of Solomon 1 K 4:12.