Dictionaries :: Jeremoth

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jeremoth:

eminences; one that fears death

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Jeremoth:

jer'-e-moth

(a) yeremoth and

(b) yeremowth,

(c) yerimowth, meaning unknown:

Of the following (1) has form (b), (5) the form (c), the rest (a).

(1) In 1Ch 7:8 (the King James Version "Jerimoth"), and

(2) In 1Ch 8:14, Benjamites. Compare JEROHAM, (2).

(3) In 1Ch 23:23, and (4) in 1Ch 25:22 =" Jerimoth," 24:30; heads of Levitical houses.

(5) A Naphtalite, one of David's tribal princes (1Ch 27:19); the King James Version "Jerimoth."

(6) (7) (8) Men who had married foreign wives. In Ezr 10:26 (=" Hieremoth," 1 Esdras 9:27); Ezr 10:27 (=" Jarimoth," 1 Esdras 9:28); Ezr 10:29 (=" Hieremoth," 1 Esdras 9:30); the Qere of the last is weramoth, "and Ramoth"; so the Revised Version margin, the King James Version.

Written by David Francis Roberts

Nave's Topical Bible

Jeremoth: 1. A Benjamite

1Ch 8:14

Jeremoth: 2. One of the Sons of Elam

Ezr 10:26

Jeremoth: 3. One of the Family of Zattu

Ezr 10:27

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jeremoth:

(heights).

(1.) A Benjamite chief, a son of the house of Beriah of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:14 compare 1 Chronicles 8:12-18). (B.C. about 588)

(2.) A Merarite Levite, son of Mushi (1 Chronicles 23:23).

(3.) Son of Heman; head of the thirteenth course of musicians in the divine service (1 Chronicles 25:22). (B.C. 1014)

(4.) One of the sons of Elam, and,

(5.) One of the sons of Zattu, who had taken strange wives (Ezra 10:26, 27). (B.C. 459)

(6.) The name which appears in the same list as "and RAMOTH," verse 29.