שְׁמַרְיָהShᵉmaryâh
proper name, masculine: has kept, preserved
Pronunciation: shem-ar-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8114
Meanings
1. a hero of David (1 Chronicles 12:6; 1 Chronicles 12:5)
2. son of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:19)
3. contemporaries of Ezra
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 12:5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph;
- 2 Chronicles 11:19 Mahalath had three sons—Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
- Ezra 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
- Ezra 10:41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
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).