Strong's H8114 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: שְׁמַרְיָה (Shᵉmaryâh)

Pronunciation: shem-ar-yaw'

POS: shem-ar-yaw' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or ; from and ; Jah has guarded;

Definition: or שְׁמַרְיָהוּ; from שָׁמַר and יָהּ; Jah has guarded; Shemarjah, the name of four Israelites; Shamariah, Shemariah.

KJV Usage: Shamariah, Shemariah.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Shemariah = "kept by Jehovah"
• 2. 1) a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag
• 3. 2) a son of king Rehoboam of Judah
• 4. 3) an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
• 5. 4) an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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