brother of a prince; brother of a song
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AHISHAR.Superintendent of Solomons household (1Ki_4:6).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1Ki_4:6.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ahi'shar. The controller of Solomon's household. 1Ki_4:6.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a-hish?ar (אחישׁר, 'ăḥı̄shār, ?my brother has sung?): Mentioned in Solomon's list of heads of departments as ?over the household? (1Ki_4:6).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ahi?shar (brother of the dawn), the officer who was 'over the household' of King Solomon (1Ki_4:6). This has always been a place of high importance and great influence in the East.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Ahishar
(Hebrew Achishar', אֲחַישָׁר, brother of song, i e. singer; Sept. Α᾿χισάρ), the officer who was over the household" of Solomon (1Ki_4:6), i.e. steward (q.v.) or governor of the palace (comp. ch. 16:9; Isa_22:15), B.C. 1014 a post of great influence in Oriental courts, on account of the ready access to the king which it affords.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.