Ahimaaz

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ahimaaz
     brother of anger = irascible. (1.) The father Ahinoam, the wife
     of Saul (1 Sam. 14:50).
     
       (2.) The son and successor of Zadok in the office of high
     priest (1 Chr. 6:8, 53). On the occasion of the revolt of


     Absalom he remained faithful to David, and was of service to him
     in conveying to him tidings of the proceedings of Absalom in
     Jerusalem (2 Sam. 15:24-37; 17:15-21). He was swift of foot, and
     was the first to carry to David tidings of the defeat of
     Absalom, although he refrained, from delicacy of feeling, from
     telling him of his death (2 Sam. 18:19-33).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ahimaaz, a brother of the council