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Meremoth
Holman Bible Dictionary
(mehr ih mahth) Personal name meaning, “heights.” 1. Priest who returned from Exile with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3 ). 2 . Priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah who assisted with the Temple treasury (Ezra 8:33 ), with the repair of the walls (Nehemiah 3:4 ,Nehemiah 3:4,3:21 ), and witnessed the renewal of the covenant (Nehemiah 10:5 ). 3 . Layman with a foreign wife (Ezra 10:36 ).
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Meremoth'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/m/meremoth.html. 1991.