אֲמַרְיָ֫הוּ
Amariah
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H568 appears in the Book of 1 Chronicles — 5 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 6:7 אֲמַרְיָ֔ה וַ/אֲמַרְיָ֖ה n Proper conj + n Proper Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 6:11 אֲמַרְיָ֑ה וַ/אֲמַרְיָ֖ה n Proper conj + n Proper and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 6:52 אֲמַרְיָ֥ה n Proper Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
- 1 Chronicles 23:19 אֲמַרְיָ֣ה n Proper The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
- 1 Chronicles 24:23 אֲמַרְיָ֨הוּ֙ n Proper The sons [of Hebron]: Jeriah [the chief], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew name אמריה centers on the idea of “Amariah.” Its earliest occurrence is 1 Chronicles 6:7. Spanning 14 verses in 5 books, it ranks among the uncommon words of the Hebrew Bible. 1 Chronicles dominates its distribution — 5 of 14 verses. For the data behind this summary, explore 14-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H568 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 14
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 14 distinct verses.
- 5 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 5 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,752
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,752 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 14 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 5 verses 36%
- Nehemiah 4 verses 29%
- 2 Chronicles 2 verses 14%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 14 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 13 verses · 93%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1 verse · 7%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Amariah 14×
- American Standard Version: Amariah 14×
- Berean Standard Bible: Amariah 16×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Amariah 15×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H568 across 16 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H568 across 16 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H568 across 16 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H568 across 16 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. a Levite 1 Ch 23:19; 24:23 (in Dvd’s time), cf. 1 Ch 5:33,(×2); 6:37; Ezr 7:3; vid. also e.g. 1 Chronicles 23:19
- 2. 1 Ch 5:37,(×2); also e.g. 1 Chronicles 5:37
- 3. Ezr 10:42. e.g. Ezra 10:42
- 4. chief priest under Jehosh. 2 Ch 19:11. e.g. 2 Chronicles 19:11
- 5. Levite under Hezekiah 2 Ch 31:15. e.g. 2 Chronicles 31:15
- 6. son of Hezekiah & great-grandfather of Zephaniah Zp 1:1. e.g. Zephaniah 1:1
- 7. a priest Ne 10:4; 12:2, 13. e.g. Nehemiah 10:4
- 8. a man of Judah Ne 11:4. e.g. Nehemiah 11:4
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. (Yah(u) hath promised, cf. Palm. אמרשמשא, Sab. יתעאמר) long form only 1 Ch 24:23; 2 Ch 19:11; 31:15.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אמר (ʼâmar) (H559) — to say.
Forms in the corpus
The 11 distinct written forms H568 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲמַרְיָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 10:42 | 3 |
| אֲמַרְיָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 7:3 | 3 |
| וַ/אֲמַרְיָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:7 | 2 |
| אֲמַרְיָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:11 | 1 |
| אֲמַרְיָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:7 | 1 |
| אֲמַרְיָ֛ה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 11:4 | 1 |
| אֲמַרְיָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 23:19 | 1 |
| אֲמַרְיָ֣הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 19:11 | 1 |
| אֲמַרְיָ֧הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 31:15 | 1 |
| אֲמַרְיָ֨הוּ֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 24:23 | 1 |
| לַ/אֲמַרְיָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 12:13 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H568, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Amariah). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Said by Jehovah. (1.) One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:7, 52). He was probably the last of the high priests of Eleazar's line prior to the transfer of that office to Eli, of the line of Ithamar.
(2.) A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses (1 Chr. 23:19; 24:23).
(3.) A "chief priest" who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 19:11); probably the same as mentioned in 1 Chr. 6:9.
(4.) 1 Chr. 6:11; Ezra 7:3. (5.) One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 31:15). (6.) Zeph. 1:1. (7.) Neh. 11:4. (8.) Neh. 10:3. (9.) Ezra 10:42.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(the Lord says, i.e. promises).
+ Father of Ahitub according to (1 Chronicles 6:7,52) and son of Meraioth, in the line of the high priests. + The high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 19:11) He was the son of Azariah. + The head of a Levitical house of the Kohathites. (1 Chronicles 23:13; 24:23) + The head of one of the twenty-four courses of priest. (2 Chronicles 31:15; Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2,13) + One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:42) + A priest who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2,13) + A descendant of Pharez. (Nehemiah 11:4) + An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet. (Zephaniah 1:1)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 10 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 14 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
