BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4187
mu.shi — Mushi
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.19; son of: Merari (H4847); brother of: Mahli (H4249) and Jaaziah (H3269); father of: Mahli (H4249H), Eder (H5740A) and Jerimoth (H3406K) Also named: mu.shi (מוּשִׁי "Mushite" H4188) § Mushi = "yielding" son of Merari, grandson of Kohath, and great grandson of Levi
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4847
me.ra.ri — Merari
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269) Also named: me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4848) § Merari = "bitter" the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family
36 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3406
ye.ri.mot — Jerimoth
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.7; son of: Bela (H1106A); brother of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265) § Jerimoth or Jeremoth = "He is Most High" 1) a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a house of Benjamite 2) a Benjamite, son of Becher and head of a house of Benjamite 3) a Benjamite, son of Beriah and grandson of Elpaal 4) a Merarite Levite, son of Mushi 5) one of the men that joined David in the wilderness 6) a Levite, son of Heman and head of the 15th course of musicians 7) a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah 8) a son of Azriel, ruler of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of David 9) a son of king David and the father of the wife of Rehoboam 10) a son of Elam, a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 11) a son of Zattu, a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4249
mach.li — Mahli
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.19; son of: Merari (H4847); brother of: Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269); father of: Libni (H3845H), Eleazar (H0499J) and Kish (H7027H) Also named: mach.li (מַחְלִי "Mahlite" H4250) § Mahli = "sick" 1) son of Merari and grandson of Levi; progenitor of the family of the Mahlites 2) son of Mushi, grandson of Merari, and great grandson of Levi
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4848
me.ra.ri — Merari
Someone descended from Merari who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269) Another name of me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4847) § Merarites, of Marari "bitter" descendants of Merari, the son of Levi, and members of a Levitical family
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5740
e.der — Eder
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.23.23; son of: Mushi (H4187); brother of: Mahli (H4249H) and Jerimoth (H3406K) § Eder = "a flock" a Merarite Levite in the time of David
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3269
ya.a.ziy.ya.hu — Jaaziah
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.24.26; son of: Merari (H4847); brother of: Mahli (H4249) and Mushi (H4187); father of: Beno (H1121B), Shoham (H7719), Zaccur (H2139I) and Ibri (H5681) § Jaaziah = "made bold by Jehovah" a Levite, apparently the 3rd son or a descendant of Merari
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4188
mu.shi — Mushite
Someone descended from Mushi who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.19; son of: Merari (H4847); brother of: Mahli (H4249) and Jaaziah (H3269); father of: Mahli (H4249H), Eder (H5740A) and Jerimoth (H3406K) Group of mu.shi (מוּשִׁי "Mushi" H4187) § Mushites, of Mushi "yielding" descendants of Mushi, the great grandson of Levi
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4250
mach.li — Mahlite
Someone descended from Mahli who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.19; son of: Merari (H4847); brother of: Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269); father of: Libni (H3845H), Eleazar (H0499J) and Kish (H7027H) Group of mach.li (מַחְלִי "Mahli" H4249) § Mahlites, of Mahli "my sickness" descendants of Mahli, the grandson of Levi
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Receding, the second of the two sons of Merari (Ex. 6:19; Num. 3:20). His sons were called Mushites (Num. 3:33; 26:58).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
