הֵימָןHêymân
הֵימָן: proper name, masculine: Heman (1 Kings 5:11; 1 Chronicles 2:6; Psalms 88:1; 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 6:24)
Pronunciation: hay-mawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1968
Meanings
הֵימָן: proper name: see אמן
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 4:31 He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite and the sons of Mahol—Heman, Calcol, and Darda. His fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—five in all.
- 1 Chronicles 6:33 These are the men who served, along with their sons: Heman the musician was from the clan of Kohath. His genealogy was traced back through Joel, Samuel,
- 1 Chronicles 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel along with his fellow Levites: Asaph son of Berekiah, and Ethan son of Kushaiah from the clan of Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 15:19 The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were chosen to sound the bronze cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 16:41 David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun, and the others chosen by name to give thanks to the Lord, for “his faithful love endures forever.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).