ʼĂmaryâh — H568

Definition

masculine proper noun

Amarjah, the name of nine Israelites

1. Amariah = "Jehovah speaks" or "Yah(u) has promised"
2. Zadok's grandfather
3. a head priest's son in Solomon's time
4. a chief priest under Jehoshaphat
5. Hezekiah's son, great-grandfather of Zephaniah
6. a Levite in Ezra's time
7. a Levite under Hezekiah
8. a priest in Nehemiah's time

Usually translated as

Amariah

Origin

or prolonged ʼĂmaryâhûw; from H559 and H3050; Jah has said (i.e. promised)

• Derived from ʼâmar (H559)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

ʼĂmaryâh occurs 16 times in 14 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (4), Zephaniah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 6:7 — Meraioth begat Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֔ה), and Amariah begat Ahitub,
• 1 Chronicles 6:7 — Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah (וַאֲמַרְיָ֖ה) begat Ahitub,
• 1 Chronicles 6:11 — And Azariah begat Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֑ה), and Amariah begat Ahitub,
• 1 Chronicles 6:11 — And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah (וַאֲמַרְיָ֖ה) begat Ahitub,
• 1 Chronicles 6:52 — Meraioth his son, Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֥ה) his son, Ahitub his son,
• 1 Chronicles 23:19 — Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֣ה) the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
• 1 Chronicles 24:23 — And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֙הוּ֙) the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
• 2 Chronicles 19:11 — And, behold, Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֣הוּ) the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
• 2 Chronicles 31:15 — And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֧הוּ), and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
• Ezra 7:3 — The son of Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֥ה), the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
• Ezra 10:42 — Shallum, Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֖ה), and Joseph.
• Nehemiah 10:3 — Pashur, Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֖ה), Malchijah,
• Nehemiah 11:4 — And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֛ה), the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
• Nehemiah 12:2 — Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֥ה), Malluch, Hattush,
• Nehemiah 12:13 — Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah (לַאֲמַרְיָ֖ה), Jehohanan;
• Zephaniah 1:1 — The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah (אֲמַרְיָ֖ה), the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.