Hiram Abiff (Biblical figure)
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Hiram Abif (Biblical figure)
Widow's son (Biblical figure)
Hiram (Biblical figure)
Ḥuram 'abi (Biblical figure)
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found: Les sources chrétiennes de la légende d'Hiram, 2009.
found: LC data base, June 1, 2015(hdg.: Hiram Abiff; usage: Hiram Abiff; Hiram)
found: Wikipedia, June 1, 2015(Hiram Abiff (also Hiram Abif or the Widow's son) is the central character of an allegory presented to all candidates during the third degree in Freemasonry. Hiram is presented as the chief architect of King Solomon's Temple, who is murdered in the Temple he designed by three ruffians during an unsuccessful attempt to force him to divulge the Master Masons' secret passwords; in Chronicles 2 13-14: Ḥuram 'abi, a skilled craftsman)
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