International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jeremoth

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jeremoth


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jer´ē̇-moth ((a) ירמות, yeremoth and (b) ירימות, yerēmōwth, (c) ירימות, yerı̄mōth, meaning unknown): Of the following (1) has form (b), (5) The form (c), the rest (a).

(1) In (the King James Version “Jerimoth”), and

(2) In , Benjamites. Compare JEROHAM, (2).

(3) In , and (4) in = “Jerimoth,” ; heads of Levitical houses.

(5) A Naphtalite, one of David's tribal princes (); the King James Version “Jerimoth.”

(6) (7) (8) Men who had married foreign wives. In (=“Hieremoth,” 1 Esdras 9:27); (=“Jarimoth,” 1 Esdras 9:28); (=“Hieremoth,” 1 Esdras 9:30); the Ḳerē of the last is ירמות, werāmōth, “and Ramoth”; so the Revised Version margin, the King James Version.