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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Azmaveth

 

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: No
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Azmaveth

Strong as death.

1. One of David's thirty warriors (2 Samuel 23:31).

2. An overseer over the royal treasury in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chronicles 27:25).

3. A town in the tribe of Judah, near Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:29; Ezra 2:24).

4. 1 Chronicles 8:36


Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Azmaveth

strong death; a he-goat


Naves Topical Index
Azmaveth

1. One of David's heroes
2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33

2. A descendant of Jonathan
1 Chronicles 8:36; 1 Chronicles 9:42

3. Son of Adiel
1 Chronicles 27:25

4. A village of Judah or Benjamin

General references
Ezra 2:24; Nehemiah 12:29

Called Beth-Azmaveth
Nehemiah 7:28


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Azmaveth

1. (strong unto death).

  1. One of David's mighty men, a native of Bahurim, (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33) and therefore probably a Benjamite. (B.C. 1060).
  2. A descendant of Mephibosheth, or Merib-baal. (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:42)
  3. The father of Jeziel and Pelet, two of the skilled Benjamite slingers and archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 10:3) perhaps identical with No. 1.
  4. Overseer of the royal treasures in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 27:25)

2. a place to all appearance in Benjamin, being named with other towns belonging to that tribe. (Ezra 2:24) The name elsewhere occurs as BETH-AZMAVETH.
3. a city on the Jordan, "beside Zaretan," in the time of Joshua. (Joshua 3:16)