אֲמַרְיָה
Transliteration
'ămaryâ
Pronunciation
am-ar-yaw'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָמַר (H559) and יָהּ (H3050)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲמַרְיָה ʼĂmaryâh, am-ar-yaw'; or prolonged אֲמַרְיָהוּ ʼĂmaryâhûw; from H559 and H3050; Jah has said (i.e. promised); Amarjah, the name of nine Israelites:—Amariah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H568 in the following manner: Amariah (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H568 in the following manner: Amariah (16x).

  1. Amariah = "Jehovah speaks" or "Yah(u) has promised"

    1. Zadok's grandfather

    2. a head priest's son in Solomon's time

    3. a chief priest under Jehoshaphat

    4. Hezekiah's son, great-grandfather of Zephaniah

    5. a Levite in Ezra's time

    6. a Levite under Hezekiah

    7. a priest in Nehemiah's time

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲמַרְיָה ʼĂmaryâh, am-ar-yaw'; or prolonged אֲמַרְיָהוּ ʼĂmaryâhûw; from H559 and H3050; Jah has said (i.e. promised); Amarjah, the name of nine Israelites:—Amariah.
STRONGS H568: Abbreviations
אֲמַרְי֫הוּ אֲמַרְיָה proper name, masculine (Yah(u) hath promised, compare Palmyrene אֶמרשמשא Sabean יתעאמר) long form only 1 Chronicles 24:23; 2 Chronicles 19:11; 31:15.
1. a Levite 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23 (in David's time), compare 1 Chronicles 5:33 [1 Chronicles 6:7] (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 6:37; Ezra 7:3; see also
2. 1 Chronicles 5:37 [1 Chronicles 6:11] (twice in verse); also
3. Ezra 10:42.
4. chief priest under Jehosh. 2 Chronicles 19:11.
5. Levite under Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 31:15.
6. son of Hezekiah & great-grandfather of Zephaniah Zephaniah 1:1.
7. a priest Nehemiah 10:4; Nehemiah 12:2, 13.
8. a man of Judah Nehemiah 11:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

6:7; 6:11; 6:37; 23:19; 24:23; 24:23

2 Chronicles

19:11; 19:11; 31:15; 31:15

Ezra

7:3; 10:42

Nehemiah

10:4; 11:4; 12:2; 12:13

Zephaniah

1:1