Alemeth

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Benjamite city assigned to the priests. 1 Chronicles 6:60 . Called ALMON in Joshua 21:18 . Identified with Almit, 31 49' N, 35 16' E.

2. Descendant of Jonathan, son of Saul. 1 Chronicles 8:36; 1 Chronicles 9:42 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

• One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1Chronicles 7:8).
• One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1Chronicles 8:36).
• A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1Chronicles 6:60), called also Almon (Joshua 21:18 ), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 6:60Joshua 21:1821 Chronicles 7:831 Chronicles 8:36

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ALEMETH . 1 . A son of Becher the Benjamite ( 1 Chronicles 7:8 ). 2 . A descendant of Saul ( 1 Chronicles 8:36; 1 Chronicles 9:42 ).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Al'emeth. (covering). A Benjamite, son of Jehoadah or Jarah, 1 Chronicles 8:36; 1 Chronicles 9:42, and descended from Jonathan, the son of Saul. (B.C after 1077).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

ALEMETH or ALMON. A priests' city in Benjamin (1 Chronicles 6:60; Joshua 21:18). Now Almit, a mile N.E. of Anata, the ancient Anathoth.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

the name of two persons, and also of a place; of two forms in the original.

1. (Hebrew Ale'meth, עָלֶמֶת, in pause Ala'meth, עָלָמֶת, covering, otherwise adolescence; Sept. Ε᾿ληεμέθ v. r. Ε᾿λμεθέμ, Vulg. Almath, Auth. Vers. "Alameth.") The last named of the nine sons of Becher the son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:8), B.C. post 1856.

2. (Hebrew same as preced.; Sept. Γαλεμέθ and Γαλεμάθ , v. r. Σαλαιμάθ, Vulg. Alamah.) The first named of the two sons of Jehoadah or Jarah, son of Ahaz, of the posterity of King Saul (1 Chronicles 8:36; 1 Chronicles 9:42), B.C. post 1037.

3. (Hebrew Alle'meth, עִלֶּמֶת, but other copies same as the foregoing, with which the signif. agrees; Sept. Γαλημέθ v. r. Γαλεμάθ, Vulg. Almath.) A sacerdotal city of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 6:60); doubtless the same elsewhere (Joshua 21:18) called ALMON. (See Almon) (q.v.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

al´ē̇ -meth ( עלמת , ‛ālemeth , "concealment"): (1) The Revised Version (British and American) for Alameth of the King James Version in 1 Chronicles 7:8 . (2) Descendant of Saul and Jonathan, and son of Jehoaddah, 1 Chronicles 8:36 , or of Jarah, 1 Chronicles 9:42 . The genealogies in the two chapters are identical, and he is the fifth generation after Jonathan. (3) In some Hebrew texts, Ginsburg and Baer, for Allemeth (which see); so in the King James Version.