Hiram

Hiram
/huy"reuhm/, n.
1. a king of Tyre in the 10th century B.C. I Kings 5.
2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning "noble."

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(as used in expressions)
Hiram Ulysses Grant
Maxim Sir Hiram Stevens
Powers Hiram
Revels Hiram Rhoades
Hiram King Williams

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▪ king of Tyre
also called  Huram, or Ahiram,  

      Phoenician king of Tyre (reigned 969–936 BC), who appears in the Bible as an ally of the Israelite kings David and Solomon.

      Hiram maintained friendly relations with Israel, supplying Solomon with men and materials for the construction of the Temple at Jerusalem and cooperating with him in Mediterranean and Red Sea trading voyages. Solomon gave him tribute and Galilean territory in return.

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