Ahilud
אֲחִילוּדStrong’s H0286achilud (a-chi-lud)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Achilud is the Hebrew word usually translated “ahilud”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;”
Meaning
- Father of Jehoshaphat, David's recorder
- Father of Baana, an officer of Solomon
How it's translated
- ahilud 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 2
- 1 Kings 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 20:24And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
- 1 Kings 4:3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
- 1 Kings 4:12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
- 1 Chronicles 18:15And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲחִילוּד achilud · Ahilud
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.16; father of: Jehoshaphat (H3092), Baana (H1195) § Ahilud = "child's brother" 1) father of Jehoshaphat, David's recorder 2) father of Baana, an officer of Solomon
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.