H7763H

שֹׁמֵר

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Shomer

A man of the tribe of Asher living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.32; son of: Heber (H2268); brother of: Japhlet (H3310), Hotham (H2369) and Shua (H7774); father of: Ahi (H0277H), Rohgah (H7303), Jehubbah (H3160) and Aram (H0758J); also called Shemer (KJV: Shamer) at 1Ch.7.34; Also named: she.mer (שֶׁ֫מֶר "Shemer" H8106H) § Shomer = "keeper" 1) son of Jehozabad or Shimrith the Moabitess and one of the conspirators who slew king Joash of Judah 2) an Asherite, son of Heber 2a) also 'Shemer'

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. שֶׁ֫מֶר proper name, masculine (properly clan-name, compare Sta^{ZAW v (1885). 166 f.}, compare Sabean שמר Os¹³, but Northern Aramaic DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1885), 14} SabDenkm³⁰); — Σεμ(μ)ηρ, etc.:

1. ׳שׁ original owner of hill where Samaria was built 1Kgs 16:24 (twice in verse).

2. שָׁ֑מֶר
a. Levite 1Chr 6:31.
b. in Asher 1Chr 7:34, A ᵐ5^L Σωμηρ; = שֹׁמֵר v1Chr 7:32.
c. in Benjamin 1Chr 8:12 van d. H.; > שֶׁטֶד q. v.

שֹׁמֵר

proper name, masculine 1. father of one of Joash's murderers 2Kgs 12:21, Σωμηρ, ᵐ5^L Σεμμηρ (called שִׁמְרִית q. v., a Moabitess, || 2Chr 24:26).

2. Asherite 1Chr 7:32, Σαμηρ, Σωμηρ; = שֶׁמֶר 2 b.

1 occurrence

I Chronicles 7:32