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Carmi

Meaning: vine-dresser

The name of three biblical men…

  1. The last named of the four sons of Reuben (Gen. 46:9).

  2. A descendant of Judah (1 Chr. 4:1). He is elsewhere (2:18) called Caleb (q.v.).

  3. The son of Zimri, and the father of Achan (Josh. 7:1), “the troubler of Israel.”