Midvash

יְרִימוֹתYᵉrîymôwth

Jerimoth or Jeremoth, the name of twelve Israelites

Pronunciation: yer-ee-mohth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3406

Meanings

1. Benjamites

2. Levites

b. id. (1 Chronicles 25:22)

e. id. (2 Chronicles 31:13)

3. id. Naphtalite (1 Chronicles 27:19)

4. id. son of David and father of Rehoboam's wife (2 Chronicles 11:18)

5. men who had strange wives

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:7 The five sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. The total number of mighty warriors from these clans was 22,034, as listed in their genealogical records.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:8 The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
  • 1 Chronicles 8:14 Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,
  • 1 Chronicles 12:5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph;
  • 1 Chronicles 23:23 Three of the descendants of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
  • 1 Chronicles 24:30 From the descendants of Mushi, the leaders were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the descendants of Levi in their various families.
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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).