Dictionaries :: Shemiramoth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shemiramoth:

most high name. (1.) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat (2Ch 17:8).

(2.) A Levite in David's time (1Ch 15:18,20).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Shemiramoth:

the height of the heavens

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Shemiramoth:

she-mir'-a-moth, she-mi'-ra-moth, shem-i-ra'-moth (shemiramoth; in 2Ch 17:8, Kethibh shemiramoth; Semeiramoth): The name of a Levitical family. In 1Ch 15:18,20; 16:5 Shemiramoth is listed among the names of David's choirs; in 2Ch 17:8 the same name is given among the Levites delegated by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law in the cities of Judah. According to Schrader (KAT (2), 366) the name is to be identified with the Assyrian Sammuramat; the latter occurs as a woman's name on the monuments, more especially on the statues of Nebo from Nimrod. Another suggestion is that Shemiramoth was originally a place-name meaning "image of Shemiram" (= name of Ram or "the Exalted One").

Written by Horace J. Wolf

Nave's Topical Bible

Shemiramoth: 1. A Levite Musician

1Ch 15:18, 20; 16:5

Shemiramoth: 2. A Levite Sent by Jehoshaphat

To instruct the people in the law,

2Ch 17:8.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shemiramoth:

(name of heights, i.e. Jehovah).

(1.) A Levite of the second degree in the choir formed by David (1 Chronicles 15:18; 15:20; 16:5). (B.C. 104)

(2.) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:8). (B.C. 909)