How to Pronounce Chimham
KIM-ham
Chimham is pronounced KIM-ham (ˈkɪmhæm): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Chimham mean?
Chimham means “as they; like to them”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Chimham?
Pining, probably the youngest son of Barzillai the Gileadite (2 Sam. 19:37-40). The “habitation of Chimham” (Jer. 41:17) was probably an inn or khan, which is the proper meaning of the Hebrew geruth, rendered “habitation”, established in later times in his possession at Bethlehem, which David gave to him as a reward for his loyalty in accompanying him to Jerusalem after the defeat of Absalom (1 Kings 2:7). It has been supposed that, considering the stationary character of Eastern institutions, it was in the stable of this inn or caravanserai that our Saviour was born (Luke 2:7).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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