Bible dictionaries
Alemeth
What Bible dictionaries say about “Alemeth”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Alemeth - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Covering. (1.) One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:8).
(2.) One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1 Chr. 8:36).
(3.) A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chr. 6:60), called also Almon (Josh. 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
al'-e-meth (`alemeth, "concealment"):
(1) the Revised Version (British and American) for Alameth of the King James Version in 1Ch 7:8.
(2) Descendant of Saul and Jonathan, and son of Jehoaddah, 1Ch 8:36, or of Jarah, 1Ch 9:42. The genealogies in the two chapters are identical, and he is the fifth generation after Jonathan.
(3) In some Hebrew texts, Ginsburg and Baer, for ALLEMETH (which see); so in the King James Version.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith