Ahiah or Ahijah = "brother of Jehovah (Yahu)"

1. grandson of Phinehas

2. scribe of Solomon

3. a prophet who predicted the revolt of the Northern tribes

4. father of Baasha, who usurped the Northern throne

5. grandson of Hezron (or mother of 1-4 above)

6. a Benjamite, son of Ehud

7. one of David's heroes

8. a Levite during David's time

9. a chief man under Nehemiah

Hepher = "a well"

1. youngest son of Gilead and head of the family of Hepherites

2. son of Asher, the father of Tekoa

3. the Mecherathite, one of David's mighty warriors

   proper locative noun

4. a place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua site unknown

   1. a place in Judah, probably the same as 4 above

Mecherathite = "he of the dug-out" or "he of the digging tool"

1. a native or inhabitant of Mecherah

Pelonite = "a certain one"

1. the inhabitants of a presently unknown place