Ahimaaz

American  

[uh-him-ey-az] / əˈhɪm eɪˌæz /

Douay Bible, Achimaas

noun

1. (in the Bible) a priest who supported David during the revolt of Absalom.

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Example Sentences

And when Ahimaaz reached King David, who yearned to know the fate of his headlong son, Absalom, he could only say: “I saw a great tumult but I knew not what it was.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

He took his text from the eighteenth chapter of the second book of Samuel, the story of the young Ahimaaz who ran too soon to bring the tidings of battle to King David.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok.

From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education

We saw Ahimaaz outrun his rival yet falter in his message.

From The Comrade in White by Leathem, W. H. (William Harvey)

So Martin could answer glibly that Ahimaaz was the son of Zadok and that Joab plunged three darts into Absalom’s heart while the scapegrace dangled from the oak.

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis