BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8070
she.mi.ra.mot — Shemiramoth
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.18 § Shemiramoth = "name of heights" 1) a Merarite Levite in the second rank in the choir of David 2) a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Most high name. (1.) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:8). (2.) A Levite in David’s time (1 Chr. 15:18, 20).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
