Bible Names

Amariah: meaning of the name

Amariah means “the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Amariah in Hebrew and Greek

אֲמַרְיָה H568

ʼĂmaryâh (am-ar-yaw') — Amarjah, the name of nine Israelites

or prolonged אֲמַרְיָהוּ; from H559 (אָמַר) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has said (i.e. promised);

People named Amariah in the Bible

Amariah in Scripture

“Amariah” appears in 14 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:7

    Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:11

    And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:52

    Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

  • 1 Chronicles 23:19

    Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:23

    And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

  • 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.

  • 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:

  • Ezra 7:3

    The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,