Amariah (son of Hebron)

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The second son of Hebron (1 Chr 23:19; 24:23). A Levite who was eligible to serve in the house of Yahweh at the end of David’s reign (1 Chr 23:24).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Amariah, Son of Hebron

Amariah, Son of Hebron (אֲמַרְיָה‎, amaryah; אֲמַרְיָהוּ‎, amaryahu). The second son of Hebron (1 Chr 23:19; 24:23). A Levite who was eligible to serve in the house of Yahweh at the end of David’s reign (1 Chr 23:24).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Amariah (Person)

AMARIAH (PERSON) [Heb ʾămaryâ (אֲמַרְיָה‎); ʾămaryāhû (אֲמַרְיָהוּ‎)]. 1. A Levitical high priest, the son of Meraioth and father of Ahitub and grandfather of Zadok (I) (1 Chr 5:33–34—Eng 6:7–8; 1 Chr 6:37–38—Eng 6:52–53). The name occurs in the most extensive and perhaps most recent of all the preexilic

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Amariah

Amariah. Common OT name, meaning “the Lord has spoken” or “the Lord has promised.”1. Son of Meraioth in the line of Aaron’s son Eleazer (1 Chr 6:7, 52).2. High priest, Azariah’s son and Ahitub’s father (1 Chr 6:11; Ezr 7:3).3. Hebron’s second son and Kohath’s grandson from Levi’s tribe (1 Chr 23:19;

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Amariah (son of Hebron)

2. A Levite in the line of Kohath-Hebron referred to in 1 Ch. 23:19 and 24:23 at the time when David organized the Levites into divisions.

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Amariah

AMARIAH Common OT name, meaning “the Lord has spoken” or “the Lord has promised.”1. Son of Meraioth in the line of Aaron’s son Eleazer (1 Chr 6:7, 52).2. High priest, Azariah’s son and Ahitub’s father (1 Chr 6:11; Ezr 7:3).3. Hebron’s second son and Kohath’s grandson from Levi’s tribe (1 Chr 23:19;

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Amariah

Amariah (am´uh-ri´uh; Heb., “the Lord has spoken” or “the Lord has promised”).1 A Levite, an ancestor of Zadok and Ezra. There are two men in one genealogical list (1 Chron. 6:7, 11) bearing this name: the first is the son of Meraioth, and the second, the son of Azariah. However, other lists omit one

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Amariah

AMARIAH1. A descendant of Aaron through Phinehas, the son of Meraioth, and father of Ahitub (q.v.; 1 Chr 6:3, 4, 7, 52); an ancestor of Ezra (Ezr 7:3).2. A second priest, son of Azariah who was high priest in the time of Solomon (1 Chr 6:9–11).3. A descendant of Levi through Kohath, the father of

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Amariah

Amariah (Heb. ʾămaryâ)1. The second son of Hebron, cousin of Moses and Aaron, listed in the genealogy of the tribe of Levi (1 Chr. 23:19; 24:23).2. A priest, descendant of Eleazar and Phinehas (1 Chr. 6:7, 52 [MT 5:33; 6:37]).3. The son of Azariah who served as a priest in Solomon’s temple (1 Chr.

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Amariah

Amariah [ămˊə rīˊə] (Heb. ˒^amaryâ, ˒^amaryāhû “the Lord has spoken”).

Catholic Bible Dictionary

Amariah

AMARIAH There are numerous men named Amariah in the Old Testament, most of them priests.1. A descendant of Eleazar and Phinehas (1 Chr 6:7, 52) who became a priest.2. A priest in the Temple of Solomon and the son of Azariah (1 Chr 6:10–11).3. The second son of Hebron who was mentioned in the genealogy

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Amariah

Amari´ah (the Lord says, i.e., promises).1. Father of Ahitub, according to 1 Chron. 6:7, 52, and son of Meraioth, in the line of the high priests.2. The high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. 2 Chron. 19:11. He was the son of Azariah.3. The head of a Levitical house of the Kohathites. 1 Chron. 23:19;

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary

Amariah

AMARI´AH (am-a-rīʹa; “said [i.e, promised] by Jehovah”).1. A person mentioned in 1 Chron. 6:7, 52, in the list of the descendants of Aaron by his eldest son, Eleazar, as the son of Meraioth and father of Ahitub, 1440 b.c. There is no means of determining whether Amariah was ever high priest, but it

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