Bible Names

Jerahmeel: meaning of the name

Jerahmeel means “the mercy, or the beloved, of God.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Jerahmeel in Hebrew and Greek

יְרַחְמְאֵל H3396

Yᵉrachmᵉʼêl (yer-akh-meh-ale') — Jerachmeel, the name of three Israelites

from H7355 (רָחַם) and H410 (אֵל); God will compassionate;

People named Jerahmeel in the Bible

Jerahmeel in Scripture

“Jerahmeel” appears in 8 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:9

    The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:25

    And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:26

    Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:27

    And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:33

    And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:42

    Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:29

    Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.

  • Jeremiah 36:26

    But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them.