brother of craft, or of protection
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AHIRAM.The eponym of a Benjamite familythe Ahiramites, Num_26:38 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ). The name occurs in the corrupt forms Ehi in Gen_46:21 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ), and Aharah in 1Ch_8:1.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Num_26:38. Called Ehi Gen_46:21.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ahi'ram. (brother of height, lofty). One of the sons of Benjamin, and ancestor of the Ahiramites Num_26:38. In Gen_46:21, the name appears as "Ehi and Rosh." It is uncertain whether Ahiram is the same as Aher, 1Ch_7:12, or Aharah, 1Ch_8:1.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a-hı̄?ram (אחיום, 'ăḥı̄rām, ?exalted brother,? or ?my brother is exalted?): A son of Benjamin. Mentioned third of the five in Num_26:38, Num_26:39. In 1Ch_8:1 five sons are likewise mentioned, being explicitly numbered; the third name, Aharah ('aḥraḥ), is conjectured to be either a corruption of Ahiram or a different name for the same person. In 1Ch_7:6 is a fuller list of Benjamite names, but it is fragmentary and not clear. In it occurs Aher ('aḥēr), which may be either Ahiram or Aharah with the end of the word lost. In Gen_46:21 ten sons of Benjamin are mentioned, some being there counted as sons who, in the other lists, are spoken of as more remote descendants. In this list Ehi ('ēḥı̄) is perhaps Ahiram shortened. See AHARAH; AHER; EHI.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ahiram
(Hebrew Achiram', אֲחַירָם, brother of height, i e. high; Sept. Α᾿χιράν), a brother of Bela and son of Benjamin, whose posterity assumed his name (Num_26:38), B.C. post 1856; apparently the same with AHARAH (1Ch_8:1), AHER SEE AHER (1Ch_7:12), and EHI SEE EHI (Gen_46:21). SEE JACOB; SEE HUSHIM.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.