Shᵉmîyrâmôwth — H8070

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shemiramoth, the name of two Israelites

1. Shemiramoth = "name of heights"
2. a Merarite Levite in the second rank in the choir of David
3. a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

Usually translated as

Shemiramoth

Origin

or Shᵉmârîymôwth; probably from H8034 and plural of H7413; name of heights

• Shêm (H8034)
• Râmâh (H7413)

Occurrences

Shᵉmîyrâmôwth occurs 4 times in the King James.

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

• 1 Chronicles 15:18 — And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth (וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת), and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
• 1 Chronicles 15:20 — And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth (וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֤וֹת), and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
• 1 Chronicles 16:5 — Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth (וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת), and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
• 2 Chronicles 17:8 — And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth (וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת), and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.