Dictionaries :: Azmaveth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Azmaveth:

strong as death. (1.) One of David's thirty warriors (2Sa 23:31).

(2.) An overseer over the royal treasury in the time of David and Solomon (1Ch 27:25).

(3.) A town in the tribe of Judah, near Jerusalem (Neh 12:29; Ezr 2:24).

(4.) 1Ch 8:36

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Azmaveth:

strong death; a he-goat

Nave's Topical Bible

Azmaveth: 1. One of David's Heroes

2Sa 23:31; 1Ch 11:33

Azmaveth: 2. A Descendant of Jonathan

1Ch 8:36; 9:42

Azmaveth: 3. Son of Adiel

1Ch 27:25

Azmaveth: 4. A Village of Judah or Benjamin

Ezr 2:24; Neh 12:29

Called BETH-AZMAVETH,

Neh 7:28.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Azmaveth:

(strong unto death).

(1.) One of David's mighty men, a native of Bahurim (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33) and therefore probably a Benjamite. (B.C. 1060)

(2.) A descendant of Mephibosheth, or Merib‐baal (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:42).

(3.) The father of Jeziel and Pelet, two of the skilled Benjamite slingers and archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 10:3) perhaps identical with No. 1.

(4.) Overseer of the royal treasures in the reign of David (1 Chronicles 27:25).

(5.) A place to all appearance in Benjamin, being named with other towns belonging to that tribe (Ezra 2:24). The name elsewhere occurs as BETH‐AZMAVETH.