Lexical Definition

‎אִמְרִי‎ ʼImrîy (im-ree') Imri ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אִמֵּר‎

Imri.

• § Imri = "eloquent"
• Imri, the name of two Israelites

1) a man of Judah
2) an ancestor of one of Nehemiah's helpers

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.2
• father of: Zaccur (זַכּוּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אִמְרִי‎

proper name, masculine 1. a man of Judah 1Chr 9:4 compare

2. Neh 3:2 (= tall? or eloquent?).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned builder • Father of Zaccur, helped rebuild Jerusalem's wall.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Imri was the father of Zaccur, who helped rebuild the wall of Jerusalem (Neh.3.2).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.2;
• only referred to as Imri אִמְרִי;
• father of Zaccur זַכּוּר.

Imri was the father of Zaccur, who is mentioned in Nehemiah 3:2 as one of the people involved in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. Zaccur worked on repairing the section of the wall next to the high priest Eliashib. No other details are provided about Imri himself in the biblical text. His name means "eloquent" in Hebrew.

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Related Profiles:

• Zaccur (child)