Jeremoth

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 8:12; 1 Chronicles 8:14; 1 Chronicles 8:18; 1 Chronicles 8:28.

2. 1 Chronicles 23:23; JERIMOTH, 1 Chronicles 24:30.

3. 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:22.

4. Ezra 10:26.

5. Ezra 10:27.

6. Ezra 10:29, "and Ramoth" in the Hebrew margin (Qeri), but Jeremoth in the Hebrew original text (Κethib ).

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 8:141 Chronicles 8:272Ezra 10:26-273Ezra 10:291 Chronicles 7:851 Chronicles 23:231 Chronicles 24:3061 Chronicles 25:41 Chronicles 25:22

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

JEREMOTH. 1. 2. Two Benjamites ( 1 Chronicles 7:8; 1 Chronicles 8:14 ). 3, 4. Two Levites ( 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 25:22 ); the latter called in 24:30 Jerimoth. 5. A Naphtalite ( 1 Chronicles 27:19 ). 6 , 7 , 8. Three of those who had married foreign wives ( Ezra 10:26-28 ). In the last instance Qerç has ‘and Ramoth’ (so AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ). For Nos. 6 and 8 . 1 Es. (9:27, 30) has Hieremoth  ; for No. 7 it has (v.28) Jerimoth .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. A chief man among the Benjamites. 1 Chronicles 8:14 .

2. Son of Mushi, a son of Merari. 1 Chronicles 23:23 . Same as JERIMOTH in 1 Chronicles 24:30 .

3. Son of Heman, appointed to the service of song. 1 Chronicles 25:22 . Same as JERIMOTH in 1 Chronicles 25:4 .

4, 5. Two who had married strange wives. Ezra 10:26,27 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jer'emoth. (heights).

1. A Benjamite chief, a son of the house of Beriah of Elpaal. 1 Chronicles 8:14. Compare 1 Chronicles 8:12-18. (B.C. about 588).

2. A Merarite Levite, son of Mushi. 1 Chronicles 23:23.

3. Son of Heman; head of the thirteenth course of musicians, in the divine service. 1 Chronicles 25:22. (B.C. 1014).

4. One of the sons of Elam, and,

5. One of the sons of Zattu, who had taken strange wives. Ezra 10:26-27. (B.C. 459). The name which appears in the same list as "and Ramoth," Ezra 10:29.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jer´ē̇ - moth (( a ) ירמות , yeremoth and ( b ) ירימות , yerēmōwth , ( 100 ) ירימות , yerı̄mōth , meaning unknown): Of the following (1) has form ( b ), (5) The form ( 100 ), the rest ( a ).

(1) In 1 Chronicles 7:8 (the King James Version "Jerimoth"), and

(2) In 1 Chronicles 8:14 , Benjamites. Compare Jeroham , (2).

(3) In 1 Chronicles 23:23 , and (4) in 1 Chronicles 25:22 = "Jerimoth," 1 Chronicles 24:30; heads of Levitical houses.

(5) A N aphtalite, one of David's tribal princes (1 Chronicles 27:19 ); the King James Version "Jerimoth."

(6) (7) (8) Men who had married foreign wives. In Ezra 10:26 (="Hieremoth," 1 Esdras 9:27); Ezra 10:27 (="Jarimoth," 1 Esdras 9:28); Ezra 10:29 (="Hieremoth," 1 Esdras 9:30); the Ḳerē of the last is ירמות , werāmōth , "and Ramoth"; so the Revised Version margin, the King James Version.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yereymoth', יְרֵימוֹת, or Yeremoth', יְרֵמוֹת, heights), the name of several men. (See Jeriniorh).

1. (Sept. Ι᾿αριμώθ )) The last named of the three sons of Mushi, grandson of Levi (1 Chronicles 23:23); called JERIMOTH in 1 Chronicles 24:30. B.C. post 1856.

2. (Sept. Ι᾿εριμώθ v.r. Ι᾿εριμούθ, Vulg. Jerimoth, A.V. "Jerimoth.") One of the "sons" of Becher, son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:8). B.C. apparently 1017.

3. (Sept. Ι᾿εριμώθ )) A Levite, chief of the fifteenth division of Temple musicians as arranged by David (1 Chronicles 25:22); probably the same called JERIMOTH in 1 Chronicles 25:4. B.C. 1014.

4. (Sept. Ι᾿αριμώθ v.r. Ἀριμώθ .) One of the "sons" of Beriah, a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:14). B.C. appar. cir. 588. Probably the same with JEROHAM in 1 Chronicles 8:27.

5. (Sept. Ι᾿εριμώθ v.r. Ι᾿αριμώθ ) An Israelite, one of the "sons" (? inhabitants) of Elam, who divorced his Gentile wife after the exile (Ezra 10:26). B.C. 459.

6. (Ι᾿αρμώθ v.r. Ἀρμώθ ,, a Vulg. Jerimuth.) Another Israelite, one of the "sons" (? inhabitants) of Zattu, who likewise divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity (Ezra 10:27). B.C. 459.

7. (Ezra 10:29, "and Ramoth.") (See Ramoth).