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Shumathites

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

One of the four families of Kirjath-jearim

(1 Chron. 2:53⁵³And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. (1 Chronicles 2:53)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the families that came from Kirjath-jearim (1 Chron. 2:53⁵³And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. (1 Chronicles 2:53)). The term may be derived from some unknown place named Shumah.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8126 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Shumathiy

Phonic:

shoo-maw-thee’

Meaning:

patronymically from an unused name from 7762 probably meaning garlic-smell; a Shumathite (collectively) or descendants of Shumah

KJV Usage:

Shumathites

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

the exalted: garlicky Shu’ham ite, gentilic of Shunem

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Distinguished; astonished; garlic:―descendants of Shumah, 1 Chron. 2:53. {Insignis}