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Meremoth
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Exaltations, heights, a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:3), to whom were sent the sacred vessels (Ezra 8:33) belonging to the temple. He took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:4).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(elevations),
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
MER'EMOTH (heights). A priest who was appointed to weigh and register the gold and silver vessels belonging to the temple in the time of Ezra, Ezr 8:24-33, and who took active part in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Neh 3:4. One who married a foreign wife and put her away. Ezr 10:36. A priest who sealed the covenant. Neh 10:5.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
bitterness; myrrh of death
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
MER'EMOTH (heights). A priest who was appointed to weigh and register the gold and silver vessels belonging to the temple in the time of Ezra, Ezr 8:24-33, and who took active part in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Neh 3:4. One who married a foreign wife and put her away. Ezr 10:36. A priest who sealed the covenant. Neh 10:5.