Shemer שֶׁ֫מֶר

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Shemer
שֶׁ֫מֶר
Transliterationshemer
Strong's numberH8106 (H8106A, H8106B, H8106G, H8106H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossShemer
Occurrences5 in 4 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (3)

Shemer (Hebrew שֶׁ֫מֶר, Strong's H8106) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Shemer”. It occurs 5 times.

Definition

H8106A: Shemer

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.24
§ Shemer or Shamer = "preserved"
1) the owner of the hill where the city of Samaria was built
2) a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and father of Bani
3) an Asherite, son of Heber and father of Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. Also 'Shomer'

H8106B: Shemed

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.12;
son of: Elpaal (H0508);
brother of: Eber (H5677I), Misham (H4936), Beriah (H1283I), Shema (H8087I), Zebadiah (H2069H), Meshullam (H4918J), Hizki (H2395), Heber (H2268J), Ishmerai (H3461), Izliah (H3152) and Jobab (H3103K)
§ Shemed or Shamed = "destroyed"
a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and builder of the towns of Ono and Lod

H8106G: Shemer

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.6.46;
son of: Mahli (H4249H);
father of: Bani (H1137H)
§ Shemed or Shamed = "destroyed"
a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and builder of the towns of Ono and Lod

H8106H: Shemer

A man of the tribe of Asher living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.32;
son of: Heber (H2268);
brother of: Japhlet (H3310), Hotham (H2369) and Shua (H7774);
father of: Ahi (H0277H), Rohgah (H7303), Jehubbah (H3160) and Aram (H0758J); also called Shemer (KJV: Shamer) at 1Ch.7.34;
Another name of sho.mer (שֹׁמֵר "Shomer" H7763H)
§ Shemed or Shamed = "destroyed"
a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and builder of the towns of Ono and Lod

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVshemer (2), shamer (2), shamed (1)
BSBshemer (4)

Verses

Every verse with Shemer, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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