Hebrew word · H1587

גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ

gemaryahu

Gemariah

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.10;

son of: Shaphan (H8227B);

brother of: Ahikam (H0296) and Elasah (H0501J);

father of: Micaiah (H4321H)

§ Gemariah = "Jehovah has accomplished"

1) the son of Shaphan the scribe and father of Michaiah; one of the nobles of Judah who had a chamber in the temple from which Baruch read Jeremiah's alarming prophecy to all the people

2) the son of Hilkiah who bore Jeremiah's letter to the captive Jews

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Jeremiah · 5

  1. Jeremiah 29:3 וּגְמַרְיָ֖ה and Gemariah

    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:

  2. Jeremiah 36:10 גְּמַרְיָהוּ֩ Gemariah

    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.

  3. Jeremiah 36:11 גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּ Gemariah

    When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

  4. Jeremiah 36:12 וּגְמַרְיָ֧הוּ and Gemariah

    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.

  5. Jeremiah 36:25 וּגְמַרְיָ֙הוּ֙ and Gemariah

    Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

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