Strong H15872 sensesגְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ

Meaning of the name

The 2 senses of Strong H1587

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1587 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. Son of Shaphan; official during Jehoiakim's reign; opposed burning scroll.H1587H4 verses · Jeremiah
2. Son of Hilkiah; messenger sent by Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar.H1587G1 verse · Jeremiah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• gemariah5

First verses

1. Jeremiah 29:3
   By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
2. Jeremiah 36:10
   Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house, in the ears of all the people.
3. Jeremiah 36:11
   When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the Lord,
4. Jeremiah 36:12
   Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
5. Jeremiah 36:25
   Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.