מְרֵמוֹת

Strong’s Definition

Meremoth, the name of two Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

plural from H7311 (רוּם); heights;

KJV Usage

Meremoth.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a priest, son of uriah of the family of koz active in rebuilding the wall of jerusalem and in the 7th course of temple service in the time of ezra and nehemiah
• 2.a priest in the time of zerubbabel
• 3.a returning exile of the family of bani who had a foreign wife in the time of ezra

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mᵉrêmôwth; Pronunciation: mer-ay-mohth'