Lexical Definition

‎אִמֵּר‎ ʼImmêr (im-mare') Immer ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָמַר‎; talkative

Immer.

• § Immer = "he hath said"
• Immer, the name of five Israelites

1) a priest in David's time
2) a priest in Jeremiah's time
3) the father of Zadok the priest
4) an ancestor of a priest

Extended Information

• birthplace of a priest

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אִמֵּר‎

proper name, masculine 1. a priest assigned to David's time 1Chr 24:14 perhaps =

2. ancestor of priest 1Chr 9:12 compare Neh 11:13; Ezra 2:37; Ezra 10:20; Neh 7:40.

3. priest in Jeremiah's time Jer 20:1.

4. father of Zadok Neh 3:29.

5. proper name, of a location (?) Ezra 2:59 = Neh 7:61.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Immer • A place from which exiles returned to Jerusalem

Immer, a place from which exiles returned to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61).

• A location near Nineveh נִינְוֵה first mentioned at Ezr.2.59;
• only referred to as Immer אִמֵּר.
  

Immer is mentioned in the lists of people who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile (Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61). The context suggests that it was a place from which some of the returning exiles originated. However, these people could not prove their ancestry or that they belonged to Israel.

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