Word Study · Strong's H1587 · Hebrew
גְּמַרְיָה
Gemaryah
ghem-ar-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gᵉmaryâh
“Gemarjah, the name of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Gemarjah, the name of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Gemariah.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- גְּמַרְיָהוּ֩1
- גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּ1
- וּגְמַרְיָ֖ה1
- וּגְמַרְיָ֧הוּ1
- וּגְמַרְיָ֙הוּ֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- and Gemariah3
- Gemariah2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)2
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- HC/Npm · 3
- HNpm · 2
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 29:3וּגְמַרְיָ֖הugemaryahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:here: and Gemariah
- Jeremiah 36:10גְּמַרְיָהוּ֩gemaryahuproper noun (a name)From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.here: Gemariah
- Jeremiah 36:11גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּgemaryahuproper noun (a name)When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,here: Gemariah
- Jeremiah 36:12וּגְמַרְיָ֧הוּugemaryahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.here: and Gemariah
- Jeremiah 36:25וּגְמַרְיָ֙הוּ֙ugemaryahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.here: and Gemariah