The meaning of “אִמֵּר”
Understanding ʼImmêr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Immer. - § Immer = "he hath said" - Immer, the name of five Israelites 1) a priest in David's time 2) a priest in Jeremi...
אִמֵּר
Immer. - § Immer = "he hath said" - Immer, the name of five Israelites 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Chronicles 24:14 | “The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,” Word: אִמֵּר (ʼImmêr) | |
| Ezra 2:59 | “And these were they which went up from Tel–melah, Tel–harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:” Word: אִמֵּר (ʼImmêr) | |
| Nehemiah 7:61 | “And these were they which went up also from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.” Word: אִמֵּר (ʼImmêr) | |
| Jeremiah 20:1 | “Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.” Word: אִמֵּר (ʼImmêr) |