JEREMOTH

jer'-e-moth ((a) yeremoth and (b) yeremowth, (c) yerimowth, meaning unknown): Of the following (1) has form (b), (5) the form (c), the rest (a).

(1) In 1 Ch 7:8 (the King James Version "Jerimoth"), and

(2) In 1 Ch 8:14, Benjamites. Compare JEROHAM , (2).

(3) In 1 Ch 23:23, and (4) in 1 Chronicles 25:22 = "Jerimoth," 1 Chronicles 24:30; heads of Levitical houses.

(5) A Naphtalite, one of David's tribal princes (1 Chronicles 27:19); the King James Version "Jerimoth."

(6) (7) (8) Men who had married foreign wives. In Ezra 10:26 (="Hieremoth," 1 Esdras 9:27); Ezra 10:27 (="Jarimoth," 1 Esdras 9:28); Ezra 10:29 (="Hieremoth," 1 Esdras 9:30); the Qere of the last is weramoth, "and Ramoth"; so the Revised Version margin, the King James Version.

David Francis Roberts

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.