Yᵉrîymôwth — H3406

Definition

feminine proper noun

Jerimoth or Jeremoth, the name of twelve Israelites

1. Jerimoth or Jeremoth = "He is Most High"
2. a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a house of Benjamite
3. a Benjamite, son of Becher and head of a house of Benjamite
4. a Benjamite, son of Beriah and grandson of Elpaal
5. a Merarite Levite, son of Mushi
6. one of the men that joined David in the wilderness
7. a Levite, son of Heman and head of the 15th course of musicians
8. a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah
9. a son of Azriel, ruler of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of David
10. a son of king David and the father of the wife of Rehoboam
11. a son of Elam, a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
12. a son of Zattu, a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Usually translated as

Jerimoth, and Ramoth, Jermoth

Origin

or Yᵉrêymôwth; or Yᵉrêmôwth; feminine plural from H7311; elevations

• Derived from Rûwm (H7311)

Occurrences

Yᵉrîymôwth occurs 14 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (9), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (3)

• 1 Chronicles 7:7 — And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth (וִירִימ֨וֹת), and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
• 1 Chronicles 7:8 — And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth (וִירֵמ֣וֹת), and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
• 1 Chronicles 8:14 — And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth (וִירֵמֽוֹת),
• 1 Chronicles 12:5 — Eluzai, and Jerimoth (וִירִימוֹת֙), and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
• 1 Chronicles 23:23 — The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth (וִירֵמ֖וֹת), three.
• 1 Chronicles 24:30 — The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth (וִירִימ֑וֹת). These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
• 1 Chronicles 25:4 — Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth (וִֽירִימ֜וֹת), Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
• 1 Chronicles 25:22 — The fifteenth to Jeremoth (לִֽירֵמ֔וֹת), he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
• 1 Chronicles 27:19 — Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth (יְרִימ֖וֹת) the son of Azriel:
• 2 Chronicles 11:18 — And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth (יְרִימ֖וֹת) the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
• 2 Chronicles 31:13 — And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth (וִֽירִימ֤וֹת), and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
• Ezra 10:26 — And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth (וִירֵמ֖וֹת), and Eliah.
• Ezra 10:27 — And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth (וִֽירֵמ֔וֹת), and Zabad, and Aziza.
• Ezra 10:29 — And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.