HebrewH8106Proper Noun (Masculine)
שֶׁ֫מֶר
she.mer
“Shemer”
3Occurrences
H8106Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Shemer, the name of three Israelites
the same as H8105 (שֶׁמֶר);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at § Shemer or Shamer = "preserved" 1) the owner of the hill where the city of Samaria was built 2) a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and father of ) an Asherite, son of Heber and father of Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. Also 'Shomer'
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שֶׁ֫מֶר appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
2
1 Kings
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 7:34BSB
The sons of Shemer:Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
1 Chronicles 8:12BSB
The sons of Elpaal:Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),
1 Kings 16:24BSB
He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.
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