Amzi = "my strength"

1. a Levite

2. the ancestor of a returned exile in the priestly line

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

Bani = "built"

1. a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors

2. a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan

3. a man of Judah of the line of Pharez

4. "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel

5. one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

Shemer or Shamer or Shamed = "preserved"

1. the owner of the hill where the city of Samaria was built

2. a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and father of Bani

3. an Asherite, son of Heber and father of Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. Also 'Shomer'

4. a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and builder of the towns of Ono and Lod