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Person Old Testament

Ahi

Ahi, son of Abdiel, was a chief of the Gadites. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 5:15.

Why it matters. Son of Abdiel, a Gadite chief

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Ahi

Ahi is mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Gad. He was the son of Abdiel and is described as the chief of his father's household. This suggests that Ahi held a leadership position among the Gadites.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Abdiel

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    5:15

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