Dict: smith - JERAH

smith:

JERAH - J>@ - (the moon), the fourth in order of the sons of Joktan, kjv@Genesis:10:26; kjv@1Chronicles:1:20) and the progenitor of a tribe of southern Arabia.

JERAHMEEL - J>@ - (mercy of God). First-born son of hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:9 kjv@1Chronicles:2:25-27,33-42) and founder of the family of Jerahmeelites. ( kjv@1Samuel:27:10) (B.C. before 1491.) A Merarite Levite, the representative of the family of Kish, the son of Mahli. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:29) comp. 1Chr 23:21 (B.C. 1014.) Son of Hammelech, who was employed by Jehoiakim to make Jeremiah and baruch prisoners, after the had burnt the roll of Jeremiah’s prophecy. kjv@Jeremiah:36:26) (B.C. 505.)

JERAHMEELITES - J>@ - (descendants of Jerahmeel), The, the tribe descended from the first of the foregoing persons. ( kjv@1Samuel:27:10) They dwelt in the south of Judah.