Strong H5689 sensesאֲמַרְיָ֫הוּ

Meaning of the name

The 9 senses of Strong H568

The lexicon tells 9 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H568 appears in 14 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. Priest who sealed Nehemiah's covenant and served as chief priestH568M3 verses · Nehemiah
2. Ancestor of Zadok the priest, in Aaron's lineH568G2 verses · 1 Chronicles
3. High priest, ancestor of Ezra the scribeH568H2 verses · 1 Chronicles, Ezra
4. Levite, descendant of Hebron, during David's reignH568I2 verses · 1 Chronicles
5. Chief priest under King Jehoshaphat of JudahH568J1 verse · 2 Chronicles
6. Levite during the reign of King HezekiahH568K1 verse · 2 Chronicles
7. Israelite who agreed to put away his foreign wifeH568L1 verse · Ezra
8. Judahite who resettled in JerusalemH568N1 verse · Nehemiah
9. Ancestor of Zephaniah the prophetH568O1 verse · Zephaniah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• amariah13
• behold1

First verses

1. 1 Chronicles 6:7
   Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
2. 1 Chronicles 6:11
   And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
3. 1 Chronicles 6:52
   Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
4. 1 Chronicles 23:19
   Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
5. 1 Chronicles 24:23
   And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
6. 2 Chronicles 19:11
   And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.
7. 2 Chronicles 31:15
   And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
8. Ezra 7:3
   The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
9. Ezra 10:42
   Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
10. Nehemiah 10:3
    Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
11. Nehemiah 11:4
    And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
12. Nehemiah 12:2
    Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
13. Nehemiah 12:13
    Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14. Zephaniah 1:1
    The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.