Meaning
Jeremoth jer'-e-moth
(a) yeremoth and
(b) yeremowth,
(c) yerimowth, meaning unknown:
Of the following (1) has form (b), (5) the form (c), the rest (a).
(1) In 1Ch 7:8 (the King James Version "Jerimoth"), and
(2) In 1Ch 8:14, Benjamites. Compare JEROHAM, (2).
(3) In 1Ch 23:23, and (4) in 1Ch 25:22 = "Jerimoth," 24:30; heads of Levitical houses.
(5) A Naphtalite, one of David's tribal princes (1Ch 27:19); the King James Version "Jerimoth."
(6) (7) (8) Men who had married foreign wives. In Ezr 10:26 (="Hieremoth," Esdras 9:27); Ezr 10:27 (="Jarimoth," Esdras 9:28); Ezr 10:29 (="Hieremoth," Esdras 9:30); the Qere of the last is weramoth, "and Ramoth"; so the Revised Version margin, the King James Version.
David Francis Roberts
