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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Alemeth:

covering. (1.) One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1Ch 7:8).

(2.) One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1Ch 8:36).

(3.) A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1Ch 6:60), called also Almon (Jos 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Alemeth:

hiding; youth; worlds; upon the dead

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Alemeth:

al'-e-meth (‘alemeth, "concealment"):

(1) the Revised Version (British and American) for Alameth of the King James Version in 1Ch 7:8.

(2) Descendant of Saul and Jonathan, and son of Jehoaddah, 1Ch 8:36, or of Jarah, 1Ch 9:42. The genealogies in the two chapters are identical, and he is the fifth generation after Jonathan.

(3) In some Hebrew texts, Ginsburg and Baer, for ALLEMETH (which see); so in the King James Version.



Smith's Bible Dictionary

Alemeth:

(covering) a Benjamite, son of Jehoadah or Jarah (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:42) and descended from Jonathan the son of Saul. (B.C. after 1077)

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