Bible Person
Meaning: destroyed; dedicated to God · Male · 5 cross references
This Harim entry refers to the priestly course and return-era family represented in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, not other individuals named Harim. The name appears in both organized priestly service and post-exilic reform records. First appears in 1 Chr 24:8.1
AI summary: This Harim matters because the cross references connect the name to temple order before exile and covenant repair after exile. It appears in priestly course lists, return records, and the difficult reckonings over intermarriage, which means the name sits inside both continuity and correction. That dual presence gives it unusual texture. Taken together, the material presents this Harim as a priestly-returning house bound up with the maintenance and reform of post-exilic worshiping life.1
Central Figure
Harim
Meaning: destroyed; dedicated to God
The head of the second course of priests (1 Chr.
The head of the second course of priests (1 Chr. 24:8). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.