Ahohite
ahohite
an epithet applied to Dodo, one of Solomon’s captains (1 Chr. 27:4); to his son Eleazar, one of David’s three mightiest heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12); and to Zalmon, one of the thirty (2 Sam. 23:28; 1 Chr. 11:29), from their descent from Ahoah.
Historical Examples
And after him was Eleazar his uncle’s son the ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version Various
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