H8070 שְׁמִירָמוֹת (Shᵉmîyrâmôwth) shem-ee-raw-moth'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Shemiramoth

Biblical Persons & Places

Shemiramoth Singer living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A musician living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.18; only referred to as Shemiramoth (שְׁמִירָמוֹת).

Shemiramoth Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.8; only referred to as Shemiramoth (שְׁמִירָמוֹת).

Strong's Definition

Shemiramoth, the name of two Israelites

Derivation: or שְׁמָרִימוֹת; probably from H8034 (שֵׁם) and plural of H7413 (רָמָה); name of heights;

KJV Usage: Shemiramoth.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Shemiramoth = "name of heights"

1) a Merarite Levite in the second rank in the choir of David

2) a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁמִירָמוֹת (she.mi.ra.mot) — Shemiramoth. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.18 § Shemiramoth = "name of heights" 1) a Merarite Levite in the second rank in the choir of David 2) a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

שְׁמִירָמוֹת (she.mi.ra.mot) — Shemiramoth. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.8 § Shemiramoth = "name of heights" 1) a Merarite Levite in the second rank in the choir of David 2) a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׁמִירָמֹות (H8070)

name

Names of People

Shemiramoth = man; ◄ tribe of Levi; ► Levite; time of king David

1CH 15:18 · 1CH 15:20 · 1CH 16:5

Names of People

Shemiramoth = man; ◄ tribe of Levi; ► Levite; time of king Jehoshaphat

2CH 17:8

¹ 2CH 17:8 MT-K ושׁמרימות | MT-Q וּשְׁמִירָמֹות

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁמִירָמוֹת n.pr.m. Levites base

Bible Occurrences (4)

15:18 15:20 16:5

17:8

1 Chronicles 15:18

and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

1 Chronicles 15:20

Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, [then] Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel.... They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

2 Chronicles 17:8

accompanied by certain Levites — Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah — along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram -.