גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ
ge.mar.yah
Gemariah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Explored# Gemariah: A Biblical Personal Name Gemariah (H1587) is a Hebrew personal name that appears four times in the biblical text. As a proper noun, it functions as an identifier for specific individuals rather than conveying a descriptive meaning in the way common nouns do. The name itself is a compound form in Hebrew, though the lexicon data provided does not detail its etymological components or original meaning. The limited frequency of this name—appearing only four times across the biblical corpus—suggests it was borne by particular figures of sufficient importance to be recorded in Scripture, but was not a widely used name among the Hebrew-speaking population. Without additional context about the specific passages where Gemariah appears, the lexicon data alone indicates that this was simply a name used to distinguish individuals within biblical narratives. Like other proper nouns in ancient texts, it served a practical function in identifying persons in historical and narrative accounts.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
Then Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the book in Yahweh’s house, in the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s house, in the ears of all the people.
Jeremiah 36:11When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all Yahweh’s words,
Jeremiah 36:12he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s room: and behold, all the princes were sitting there, Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Jeremiah 36:25Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.