Ahi
אֲחִי/AY-hye/
“My brother, or possibly a contraction of Ahijah”
Summary
The name of two men in the Old Testament, both tribal chiefs among the Gadites and Asherites.
☩Two Men Named Ahi
Two men bear this name in Scripture: (1) A son of Abdiel and chief of a Gadite family living in Bashan, mentioned in genealogies from the time of Jotham king of Judah; (2) The first named of four sons of Shamer, a chieftain of the tribe of Asher.
Key verses:1 Chronicles 5:151 Chronicles 7:34
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Ahi," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Ahi," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.George Morrish, "Ahi," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).