Shamariah — the meaning of the Hebrew name שְׁמַרְיָה

שְׁמַרְיָה

Shᵉmaryâh · pronounced shem-ar-yaw' · Strong's H8114 · a man · also spelled Shemariah

Shamariah means Jah has guarded.

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שָׁמַר shâmar (from, H8104) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›

or שְׁמַרְיָהוּ; from H8104 and H3050; Jah has guarded; Shemarjah, the name of four Israelites.

1Chr 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, (KJV)

4 occurrences in 4 verses — 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.