Immer = "he hath said"

1. a priest in David's time

2. a priest in Jeremiah's time

3. the father of Zadok the priest

4. an ancestor of a priest

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Jahzerah = "whom God leads back"

1. a priest of the house of Immer

Jeroham = "showing pity"

1. father of Elkanah and grandfather of Samuel of the house of Kohath

2. a Benjamite and the founder of a family of Benjamites

3. father or progenitor of Ibneiah and a Benjamite; maybe same as 2

4. a descendant of Aaron and a priest of the family of Immer; son of Pashur and father of Adaiah

5. another priest; maybe same as 4

6. a resident of Gedor and father of one of David's mighty warriors

7. a Danite whose son or descendant Azareel was head of the tribe in the time of David

8. father of Azariah one of the captains with Jehoiada in the time of Athaliah

Malchijah or Malchiah = "my king is Jehovah"

1. the father of Pashur in the time of Jeremiah

2. the son of Hammelech into whose dungeon Jeremiah was cast

3. the head of the 5th course of priests in the time of David

4. one of the priests who was at the reading of the law by Ezra, sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, and was at the dedication of the wall with Nehemiah

5. a Levite ancestor of Asaph and descendant of Levi through Gershon

6. son of Parosh who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

7. son of Harim who put away a foreign wife and helped repair the wall and the Tower of Ovens in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah

8. son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, who helped repair the Refuse Gate in the time of Nehemiah

9. a goldsmith who helped repair the wall in the time of Nehemiah

Maasiai = "work of the Lord"

1. a priest who returned from exile

Meshullam = "friend"

1. grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe

2. son of Zerubbabel

3. a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal

4. a Benjamite, father of Sallu

5. a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity

6. a Benjamite

   1. perhaps the same as 3 or 4

7. a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah

8. son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem

9. son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem

10. a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

11. father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah

    1. perhaps the same as 'Shallum'

12. a priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth, son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai

13. a priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

14. a priest, head of the family of Ginnethon and representative of the house of Ezra in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua

15. a priest, one of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem

16. a Kohathite or family of Kohathite Levites in the reign of Josiah

17. a Levite, one of the heads sent to Iddo to gather the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem; a chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had made with foreign wives

18. ancestor of a family of porters or Levites in days of Nehemiah

19. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife and put her away

20. one of the men who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people

    1. maybe the same as 17

Meshillemith = "recompense"

1. a priest, son of Immer. See also 'Meshillemoth'

Adiel = "ornament of God"

1. a prince of the Simeon of the family of Shimei in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

2. a priest, ancestor of Maasiai

3. ancestor of Azmaveth, the treasurer of David

Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"

1. maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah

2. a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph

3. a Benjamite, son of Shimhi

4. a priest, son of Jehoram

5. ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada

6. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

7. a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

8. a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah

Pashur = "freedom"

1. a priest, son of Malchiah and one of the chief princes in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah

2. a priest, son of Immer, chief governor of the temple, and the one who struck and then put the prophet Jeremiah into the stocks in the reign of king Jehoiakim of Judah

3. son of Malchijah, father of Zechariah, and ancestor of Adaiah who did the work of the temple in the time of Nehemiah. Probably same as 1

4. father of Gedaliah; probably the same as 1

5. head of a family of returned exiles