Lexical Definition

‎שְׁמַרְיָה‎ Shᵉmaryâh (shem-ar-yaw') Shemariah ^N:N-M-P
or שְׁמַרְיָהוּ Shᵉmaryâhûw (shem-ar-yaw'-hoo); from ‎שָׁמַר‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has guarded

Shamariah, Shemariah.

• § Shemariah = "kept by Jehovah"
• Shemarjah, the name of four Israelites

1) a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag
2) a son of king Rehoboam of Judah
3) an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4) an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁמַרְיָ֫ה(וּׅ‎ proper name, masculine (‎׳‎‎י‎ has kept, preserved); — Σαμαρ(ε)ια(ς):

1. ‎יָ֫הוּ‎- a hero of David 1Chr 12:6* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:5). Elsewhere ‎יָה‎-:

2. son of Rehoboam 2Chr 11:19.

3. contemporaries of Ezra:
a. Ezra 10:32.
b. vEzra 10:41.

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