H8106: שֶׁמֶר
Shemer · pronounced sheh'-mer · “Shemer”
Definition
Shemer, the name of three Israelites
KJV translates it as: Shamer, Shemer.
Word origin: the same as H8105 (שֶׁמֶר);
Extended definition
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'
§ 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'
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8106 is translated
- shemer ×4
- shemed ×1
Bible verses with H8106 (Shemer)
Shemer appears in 4 verses.
- 1 Kings 16:24
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
- 1 Chronicles 6:46
The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
- 1 Chronicles 7:34
And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
- 1 Chronicles 8:12
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: