Topic
Meremoth
16 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Ezra 8:33Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A priest who was appointed to weigh and register gold and silver vessels brought to Jerusalem
¶ Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah…
- Nehemiah 3:4Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A priest who was appointed to weigh and register gold and silver vessels brought to Jerusalem
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
- Ezra 10:36Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A Jew who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
- Nehemiah 10:5Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
- Nehemiah 12:3Easton · ISBE · Nave 3. A priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
- Nehemiah 3:21ISBE · Nave 1. A priest who was appointed to weigh and register gold and silver vessels brought to Jerusalem
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
- 1 Chronicles 24:10ISBE
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- Ezra 2:61ISBE
¶ And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
- Ezra 2:62ISBE
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
- Ezra 8:24–28ISBE
¶ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his…
- Nehemiah 10:1ISBE
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
- Nehemiah 12:1–3ISBE
Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
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- Nehemiah 12:15 ISBE
- 1 Esdras 8:2 ISBE
- 1 Esdras 8:62 ISBE
- 1 Esdras 9:34 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- Son of Uriah or Urijah the priest, of the family of Koz or Hakkoz, the head of the seventh course of priests as established by David. In (Ezra 8:33) Meremoth is appointed to weigh and register the gold and silver vessels belonging to the temple. In the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah we find Meremoth taking an active part. (Nehemiah 3:4)
- A layman of the sons of Bani, who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:36)
- A priest, or more probably a family of priests, who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:5)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 21 references
mer'-e-moth, me-re'-moth (meremoth, "heights"; Mereimoth):
(1) Son of Uriah (Ezr 8:33), who was head of the 7th course of priests appointed by David (1Ch 24:10, Hakkoz = Koz; compare Ne 3:4,21). The family of Koz were among those unable to prove their pedigree on the return from Babylon, and were therefore deposed as polluted (Ezr 2:61,62). Meremoth's division of the family must, however, have been scatheless, for he is employed in the temple after the return as weigher of the gold and the vessels (Ezr 8:33), a function reserved for priests alone (Ezr 8:24-28). He takes a double part in the reconstruction under Nehemiah, first as a builder of the wall of the city (Ne 3:4), then as a restorer of that part of the temple abutting on the house of Eliashib the priest (Ne 3:21); "Marmoth" in 1 Esdras 8:62.
(2) A member of the house of Bani, and, like so many of that house, among those who married and put away foreign wives (Ezr 10:36). He seems to be named Carabasion (!) in the corresponding list of 1 Esdras 9:34.
(3) The name occurs in Ne 10:5 among those who "seal the covenant" with Nehemiah (Ne 10:1). It may there be the name of an individual (in which case there were 4 of the name), or it may be a family name. Certainly a "Meremoth" came back under Zerubbabel 100 years before (Ne 12:3), and the signatory in question may be either a descendant of the same name or a family representative. The name recurs later in the same list (Ne 12:15) as "Meraioth" through a scribal error confusing the two Hebrew letters yodh (y) and cholem (o) for mem (m). A comparison of Ne 12:1-3 and 12:12-15 shows clearly that it is the same person. Note that in 12:15 "Helkai" is the name of the contemporary leader.
(4) For Meremoth (1 Esdras 8:2 the King James Version).
See MEMEROTH.
Henry Wallace
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 6 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.