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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
An Hamitic tribe or family descended from
Canaan
(
Gen. 10:18
18
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. (Genesis 10:18)
;
1 Chron. 1:16
16
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. (1 Chronicles 1:16)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
A tribe descended from
Ham
, and described as one of “the families of
the Canaanites
,” or descendants of
Canaan
(
Gen. 10:18
18
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. (Genesis 10:18)
;
1 Chron. 1:16
16
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. (1 Chronicles 1:16)
). The
Jerusalem
Targum
and the Arabic Version place them at Emesa, the modern
Hums
, 34° 44' N, 36° 42' E.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
6786
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Tsmariy
Phonic:
tsem-aw-ree’
Meaning:
patrial from an unused name of a place in Palestine; a Tsemarite or branch of the Canaanites
KJV Usage:
Zemarite
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
gentilic of Zemaraim
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
An Hamatic tribe or family descended from Canaan, 1 Chron. 1:16.