Ahohite (ISBE)

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a -hō´hı̄t ( אחוחי , 'ăḥoḥı̄ ): A patronymic employed in connection with the descendants of AHOAH (which see) such as Doda (2 Samuel 23:9 ) or Dodo (1 Chronicles 11:12 ), Ilai (29) or Zalmon (2 Samuel 23:28 ), and also Eleazar, son of Dodo (1 Chronicles 11:12 ). The family must have been fond of military affairs, for all the above were officers in David and Solomon's armies.