Amariah

Amariah (ăm"urī'u) [key], in the Bible. 1. High priest, son of Meraioth. Perhaps he is the same as (sense 2) and (sense 3.) 2. High priest, son of Azariah. Perhaps he is the same as (sense 1,) (sense 3,) and (sense 4.) 3. Ancestor of Ezra. Perhaps he is the same as (sense 1) and (sense 2.) 4. High priest under Jehoshaphat. Perhaps he is the same as (sense 2.) 5. Levite. 6,. 7. Contemporaries of Ezra, perhaps the same person. 8. A priestly family. See Immer 1 and Imri 1. 9. Ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah.

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