Abif, Hiram
Abif (Hiram), one of the three grand-masters of Freemasonry. The other two were Solomon and Hiram of Tyre. Hiram, like Pharaoh, is a dynastic name, and means noble; and ab of Abif means "father"; ab-i means "my father" (see I Kings vii. 13; 2 Chron. ii. 12-14).
The Reader's Handbook of Famous Names in Fiction, Allusions, References, Proverbs, Plots, Stories and Poems
By The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer
A New Edition Revised Throughout and Greatly Enlarged
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Co.
1899
Rutgers University Libraries
PN43.B847R 1899
Omnipædia Polyglotta
Francisco López Rodríguez
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