Lexical Definition

‎מְרֵמוֹת‎ Mᵉrêmôwth (mer-ay-mohth') Meremoth ^N:N-M-P
plural from ‎רוּם‎; heights

Meremoth.

• § Meremoth = "elevations"
• Meremoth, the name of two Israelites

1) a priest, son of Uriah of the family of Koz active in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and in the 7th course of temple service in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah
2) a priest in the time of Zerubbabel
3) a returning exile of the family of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְרֵמוֺת‎

proper name, masculine 1. priest, time of Zerubbabel Neh 12:3 (= ‎מְרָיוֺת‎, q. v., vNeh 12:15) ᵐ5^L Μαρειμωθ.

2. priest, time of Ezra and Nehemiah, Ezra 8:33; Neh 3:4; Neh 3:21; Neh 10:6* (probably same). ᵐ5 Μερειμωθ, Μεραμωθ, etc.

3. one of those who had taken strange wives Ezra 10:36. ᵐ5 Ιεραμωθ, A Μαρεμωθ.

‎מִרְמַס‎ see ‎רמס‎.

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