Dictionaries :: Jerahmeel

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jerahmeel:

loving God. (1.) The son of Hezron, the brother of Caleb (1Ch 2:9,25,26, etc.).

(2.) The son of Kish, a Levite (1Ch 24:29).

(3.) Son of Hammelech (Jer 36:26).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jerahmeel:

the mercy, or the beloved, of God

Nave's Topical Bible

Jerahmeel: 1. Son of Hezron

1Ch 2:9

Jerahmeel: 2. Son of Kish

1Ch 24:29

Jerahmeel: 3. An Officer of Jehoiakim

King of Judah,

Jer 36:26.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jerahmeel:

(mercy of God).

(1.) First‐born son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:9; 2:25-27; 2:33; 2:42) and founder of the family of Jerahmeelites (1 Samuel 27:10). (B.C. before 1491)

(2.) A Merarite Levite, the representative of the family of Kish, the son of Mahli (1 Chronicles 24:29 compare 1 Chronicles 23:21). (B.C. 1014)

(3.) Son of Hammelech, who was employed by Jehoiakim to make Jeremiah and Baruch prisoners, after the had burnt the roll of Jeremiah's prophecy (Jeremiah 36:26). (B.C. 505)