Biblica Analytica
H1587H Hebrew

גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ

ge.mar.yah

Gemariah

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Gemariah
Transliteration
ge.mar.yah
Strong's Number
H1587H
Occurrences
4
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

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
Strong's
H1587H
Lemma
גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ
Transliteration
ge.mar.yah
Definition
Gemariah
Occurrences
4
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

4 total occurrences across the text