a live brother; my thorn or thistle
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AHOAH.Son of Bela, a Benjamite (1Ch_8:4). See Ahijah (6). The patronymic Ahohite occurs in 2Sa_23:9.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(1Ch_8:4). Hence, the patronymic "the Ahchite" (2Sa_23:9; 2Sa_23:28; 1Ch_11:12; 1Ch_11:29; 1Ch_27:4).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Aho'ah. (brotherly). Son of Bela, the son of Benjamin. 1Ch_8:4. In 1Ch_8:7, he is called Ahiah, or Ahijah. The patronymic, Ahohite, is found in 2Sa_23:9; 2Sa_23:28; 1Ch_11:12; 1Ch_11:29; 1Ch_27:4.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a-hō?a (אחוח, 'ăḥoaḥ, ?brotherly?(?)): A son of Bela of the tribe of Benjamin (1Ch_8:4).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ahoah
(Hebrew Achoach, חוֹח,ְ brotherly; Sept. Α᾿χιά v. r. Α᾿χιήλ), one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1Ch_8:4); called also AHIAH SEE AHIAH (1Ch_8:7), and perhaps IRI SEE IRI (1Ch_7:7). B.C. post 1856. It is probably he whose descendants are called AHOHITES SEE AHOHITES (2Sa_23:9; 2Sa_23:28).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.