King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H568
Transliteration: Amaryahu or Amaryah
Phonetic Spelling: (am-ar-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah has promised", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Amariah -- "Yah has promised", the name of several Israelites
Word Summary
Amaryahu or Amaryah: "Yah has promised", the name of several Israelites
Original Word: אֲמַרְיָהTransliteration: Amaryahu or Amaryah
Phonetic Spelling: (am-ar-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah has promised", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Amariah -- "Yah has promised", the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Amariah Or prolonged tamaryahuw {am-ar-yaw'-hoo}; from 'amar and Yahh; Jah has said (i.e. Promised); Amarjah, the name of nine Israelites -- Amariah.
see HEBREW 'amar
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H568. Amaryahu
or Amaryah אֲמַרְיָה אֲמַרְי֫הוּ 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; 24:23 (in David's time), compare 1 Chronicles 5:33 (twice in verse); 6:37; Ezra 7:3; see also
2 1 Chronicles 5:37 (twice in verse); also
3 Ezra 10:42.
4 chief priest under Jehosh. 2 Chronicles 19:11.
5 Levite under Hezekiah2 Chronicles 31:15.
6 son of Hezekiah & great-grandfather of Zephaniah Zephaniah 1:1.
7 a priest Nehemiah 10:4; 12:2, 13.
8 a man of Judah Nehemiah 11:4.