Meronothite

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Meronothite A designation applied in the OT to two men. 1. Jehdeiah (  1 Chronicles 27:30 ). 2. Jadon (  Nehemiah 3:7 ). From the context of   Nehemiah 3:7 Meronoth would appear to have been in the neighbourhood of Gibeon and Mizpah.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Designation of Jehdeiah and Jadon.  1 Chronicles 27:30;  Nehemiah 3:7 . Its origin is unknown.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 27:30 1 Chronicles 3:7

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 27:30;  Nehemiah 3:7.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 27:30

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Meronothi', מֵרֹנֹתַי , gentile from מֵרֹנוֹת . Meronoth' , signif. uncertain, a place elsewhere unknown; Sept. Ἐκ Μεραθών or Μαραθών , Μηρωνωθύτης ,Vulg. Meronothites ), an epithet applied to Jehdeiah, the herdsman of the royal asses in the time of David and Solomon ( 1 Chronicles 27:30), and also to Jadon, one of those who repaired the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:7); apparently as being natives of some town called MERONOTH, of the position or existence of which no other notice is extant, but from the latter passage it may be conjectured to have lain not far from Gibeon and Mizpah, and appears to have been inhabited after the captivity.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mḗ - rṓn´thı̄t , mḗ - rō´nṓ - thı̄t ( מרנתי , mērōnōthı̄ , root meaning "fertility"): The designation of two persons in the Old Testament:

(1) Jehdeiah, who was in charge of the royal asses under David ( 1 Chronicles 27:30 ).

(2) Jadon who was among the repairers of the wall under Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 3:7 ). No place of the name Meronoth can be identified. That Jadon worked on the wall near Gibeonites and Mizpahites affords no clear clue to the place, unless it be shown that there was some geographical rota in the wall repairers.