Shumathites — the meaning of the Hebrew name שֻׁמָתִי

שֻׁמָתִי

Shumâthîy · pronounced shoo-maw-thee' · Strong's H8126 · a people

Shumathites means a Shumathite (collectively) or descendants of Shumah.

Built from

שׁוּם shûwm (unused name from, H7762) — garlic (from its rank odor) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

patronymically from an unused name from H7762 probably meaning garlic-smell; a Shumathite (collectively) or descendants of Shumah.

First appearance

1Chr 2:53 And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. (KJV)

Every verse that names Shumathites

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 2:53

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