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HebrewH1587Proper Noun (Masculine)

גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ

ge.mar.yah

5Occurrences
H1587Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gemarjah, the name of two Israelites

or גְּמַרְיָהוּ; from H1584 (גָּמַר) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has perfected;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Hilkiah (H2518H); brother of: Azariah (H5838L) § Gemariah = "Jehovah has accomplished" 1) the son of Shaphan the scribe and father of Michaiah; one of the nobles of Judah who had a chamber in the temple from which Baruch read Jeremiah's alarming prophecy to all the people 2) the son of Hilkiah who bore Jeremiah's letter to the captive Jews

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
5

Key Passages

Jeremiah 29:3BSB

The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:

Jeremiah 36:10BSB

From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

Jeremiah 36:11BSB

When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

Jeremiah 36:12BSB

he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

Jeremiah 36:25BSB

Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.