Lexical Definition

‎אֲמַרְיָה‎ ʼĂmaryâh (am-ar-yaw') Amariah ^N:N-M-P
or prolonged אֲמַרְיָהוּ ʼĂmaryâhûw (am-ar-yaw'-hoo); from ‎אָמַר‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has said (i.e. promised)

Amariah.

• § Amariah = "Jehovah speaks" or "Yah(u) has promised"
• Amarjah, the name of nine Israelites

1) Zadok's grandfather
2) a head priest's son in Solomon's time
3) a chief priest under Jehoshaphat
4) Hezekiah's son, great-grandfather of Zephaniah
5) a Levite in Ezra's time
6) a Levite under Hezekiah
7) a priest in Nehemiah's time

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲמַרְי֫הוּ‎ ‎אֲמַרְיָה‎ proper name, masculine (Yah(u) hath promised, compare Palmyrene ‎אֶמרשמשא‎ Sabean ‎יתעאמר‎) long form only 1Chr 24:23; 2Chr 19:11; 2Chr 31:15.

1. a Levite 1Chr 23:19; 1Chr 24:23 (in David's time), compare 1Chr 5:33* (twice in verse); 1Chr 6:37*; Ezra 7:3 see also

2. 1Chr 5:37* (twice in verse); also

3. Ezra 10:42.

4. chief priest under Jehosh. 2Chr 19:11.

5. Levite under Hezekiah 2Chr 31:15.

6. son of Hezekiah & great-grandfather of Zephaniah Zeph 1:1.

7. a priest Neh 10:4*; Neh 12:2; Neh 12:13.

8. a man of Judah Neh 11:4.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References