Hiram

Definitions

1. A king of Tyre. (biblical character)
2. A male given name from Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century.

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Examples

“And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.”

“Harm⟳. It wasn't even a nickname. It was just the way folks had always pronounced his first name⟳ Hiram, in mountain dialect, a long "i" sound⟳ blending the two syllables into an aspirated breath.”

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