שֶׁמֶרShemer
proper name, masculine: properly clan-name
Pronunciation: sheh'-mer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8106
Meanings
1. original owner of hill where Samaria was built (1 Kings 16:24)
2.
a. Levite (1 Chronicles 6:31)
b. in Asher (1 Chronicles 7:34; 1 Chronicles 7:32)
c. in Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 16:24 Then Omri bought the hill now known as Samaria from its owner, Shemer, for 150 pounds of silver. He built a city on it and called the city Samaria in honor of Shemer.
- 1 Chronicles 6:46 Amzi, Bani, Shemer,
- 1 Chronicles 7:34 The sons of Shomer were Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
- 1 Chronicles 8:12 The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built the towns of Ono and Lod and their nearby villages),
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).