Alemeth

ALEMETH al'-e-meth (`alemeth, "concealment"):

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

(2) Descendant of Saul and Jonathan, and son of Jehoaddah, 1 Chronicles 8:36, or of Jarah, 1 Chronicles 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.

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Bibliography Information

Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ALEMETH'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.