Bible Names

Shemariah: meaning of the name

Shemariah means “God is my guard.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Shemariah in Hebrew and Greek

שְׁמַרְיָה H8114

Shᵉmaryâh (shem-ar-yaw') — Shemarjah, the name of four Israelites

or שְׁמַרְיָהוּ; from H8104 (שָׁמַר) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has guarded;

People named Shemariah in the Bible

Shemariah in Scripture

“Shemariah” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:5

    Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,

  • Ezra 10:32

    Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

  • Ezra 10:41

    Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,