גְּמַרְיָהGᵉmaryâh

proper name, masculine: hath accomplished

Pronunciation: ghem-ar-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1587

Meanings

1. son of Shaphan (Jeremiah 36:10; Jeremiah 36:11; Jeremiah 36:12)

2. son of Hilkiah (Jeremiah 29:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Jeremiah 29:3 He sent the letter with Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah when they went to Babylon as King Zedekiah’s ambassadors to Nebuchadnezzar. This is what Jeremiah’s letter said:
  • Jeremiah 36:10 Baruch read Jeremiah’s words on the scroll to all the people. He stood in front of the Temple room of Gemariah, son of Shaphan the secretary. This room was just off the upper courtyard of the Temple, near the New Gate entrance.
  • Jeremiah 36:11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah and grandson of Shaphan heard the messages from the Lord,
  • Jeremiah 36:12 he went down to the secretary’s room in the palace where the administrative officials were meeting. Elishama the secretary was there, along with Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
  • Jeremiah 36:25 Even when Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he wouldn’t listen.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).