Dictionaries :: Ishmerai

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ishmerai:

keeper, or keeping

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ishmerai:

ish'-me-ri (yishmeray, from shamar, meaning "to hedge about," i.e. "to guard," and therefore a "guard," "protector"): A descendant of Benjamin, son of Epaal, resident of Jerusalem, one of the "heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men" (1Ch 8:18).

Nave's Topical Bible

Ishmerai: A Chief Benjamite

1Ch 8:18

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ishmerai:

(whom Jehovah keeps) a Benjamite, one of the family of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:18). (B.C. before 538)