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Jeremoth, Jerimoth and Ramoth

“Jeremoth” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(heights). Persons in 1 Chron. 8:14; 23:23; 25:22¹⁴And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, (1 Chronicles 8:14)
²³The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. (1 Chronicles 23:23)
²²The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (1 Chronicles 25:22); Ezra 10:26-27²⁶And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. ²⁷And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. (Ezra 10:26‑27).

“Jerimoth” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(heights). Persons (1 Chron. 7:8; 12:5; 24:30; 25:4,22; 27:19⁸And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. (1 Chronicles 7:8)
⁵Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, (1 Chronicles 12:5)
³⁰The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. (1 Chronicles 24:30)
⁴Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: (1 Chronicles 25:4)
²²The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (1 Chronicles 25:22)
¹⁹Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: (1 Chronicles 27:19); 2 Chron. 11:18; 31:13¹⁸And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; (2 Chronicles 11:18)
¹³And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. (2 Chronicles 31:13)).

“Jeremoth” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. A chief man among the Benjamites (1 Chron. 8:14¹⁴And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, (1 Chronicles 8:14)).

2. Son of Mushi, a son of Merari (1 Chron. 23:23²³The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. (1 Chronicles 23:23)). Same as JERIMOTH in 1 Chronicles 24:30³⁰The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. (1 Chronicles 24:30).

3. Son of Heman, appointed to the service of song (1 Chron. 25:22²²The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (1 Chronicles 25:22)). Same as JERIMOTH (1 Chron. 25:4⁴Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: (1 Chronicles 25:4)).

4-5. Two who had married strange wives (Ezra 10:26-27²⁶And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. ²⁷And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. (Ezra 10:26‑27)).

“Jerimoth” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

1-2. Son of Bela, and son of Becher, Benjamites (1 Chron. 7:7-8⁷And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. ⁸And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. (1 Chronicles 7:7‑8)).

3. One who resorted to David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:5⁵Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, (1 Chronicles 12:5)).

4. Son of Mushi, a son of Merari (1 Chron. 24:30³⁰The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. (1 Chronicles 24:30)). Same as JEREMOTH in 1 Chronicles 23:23²³The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. (1 Chronicles 23:23).

5. Son of Heman: appointed to the service of song (1 Chron. 25:4⁴Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: (1 Chronicles 25:4)). Same as Jeremoth in 1 Chronicles 25:22²²The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (1 Chronicles 25:22).

6. Son of Azriel and a ruler of Naphtali (1 Chron. 27:19¹⁹Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: (1 Chronicles 27:19)).

7. Son of David: his daughter Mahalath was wife of Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11:18¹⁸And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; (2 Chronicles 11:18)).

8. One of the Levites who had charge of the dedicated things in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chron. 31:13¹³And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. (2 Chronicles 31:13)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3406 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Yriymowth

Phonic:

yer-ee-mohth’

Meaning:

or Yreymowth {yer-ay-mohth'}; or Yremowth {yer-ay-mohth'}; feminine plural from 7311; elevations; Jerimoth or Jeremoth, the name of twelve Israelites

KJV Usage:

Jermoth, Jerimoth, and Ramoth (from the margin)

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

there shall be elevations

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Eminences; he who fears:―name of several Israelites [JEREMOTH], 1 Chron. 7:7. {Elationes}