Shemer
SHEMER
The former owner of the hill on which Omri built Samaria, 1Ki 16:24 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Shemer
(Heb. id.; , something kept, as lees of wine; Sept. ; Josephus, , Ant. 8:12, 5), the original owner of the hill of Samaria, which derived its name from him. B.C. 917. Omri bought the hill for two talents of silver, and built thereon the city, also called Samaria, which made the capital of his kingdom (Kings 16:24). We should rather have expected that the name of the city would have been Shimron, for Shmeron would have been the name given after an owner Shomer. This latter form, which occurs in 1Ch 7:32, appears to be that adopted by the Vulgate and Syriac, which read Somer and Shomir respectively; but the Vatican MS. of the Sept. at that place retains the form Shomer, and changes the name of the city to or . Both names have the same radical meaning, from , to watch, referring, perhaps, by paronomasia, to this conspicuous post of observation. SEE SAMARIA. As the Israelites were prevented by the law (Lev 21:23) from thus alienating their inheritances, and as his name occurs without the usual genealogical marks, it is more than probable that Shemmer was descended from those Canaanites whom the Hebrews had not dispossessed of their lands.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Shemer
Owner of the hill which Omri bought for two silver talents. On it Omri built Samaria (Shomeron, Hebrew), named from Shemer Shomer, the form in 1Ch 7:32, answers better to the name Shomeron than Shemer (1Ki 16:24).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Shemer
SHEMER.1. The owner of the hill purchased by Omri (1Ki 16:24). 2. A Merarite (1Ch 6:31 (46)). 3. An Asherite (1Ch 7:34, called in 1Ch 7:32 Shomer). 4. A Benjamite (1Ch 8:12). The Heb. MSS show here some confusion between r and d as the final letter of the name. The AV [Note: Authorized Version.] (Shamed) and RV [Note: Revised Version.] (Shemed) retain the reading of the Geneva version, which is based on the Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] Samad.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Shemer
From this man’s name Samaria derived its name. (See 1Ki 16:24) The name itself should seem to be taken from Shamar, thorn; but is reported to have been a very lovely mountain.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Shemer
shemer (, shemer; , Semer, Lucian, , Semmer):
(1) The owner of the hill which Omri bought and which became the site of Samaria (1Ki 16:24, , shomeron). Shemer may be an ancient clan name. The fact, however, that the mountain was called Shomeron when Omri bought it makes one doubt that the city of Samaria was named after Shemer; the passage is questionable. The real etymology of Samaria roots it in watch mountain (see Stade, Zeitschrift, 165 f).
(2) A Merarite (1Ch 6:46 (31), , Semmer).
(3) An Asherite (1Ch 7:34, A and Lucian, , Somer), called Shomer in 1Ch 7:32.
(4) A Benjamite (1Ch 8:12, Codex Vaticanus , Semer; Codex Alexandrinus , Semmer; Lucian, , Samaiel); the Revised Version (British and American) Shemed, the King James Version Shamed.
The Hebrew manuscripts differ; some read Shemer, others Shemedh.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Shemer
Shemer (lees), the owner of the hill of Samaria, which derived its name from him. Omri bought the hill for two talents of silver, and built thereon the city, also called Samaria, which he made the capital of his kingdom (1Ki 16:24) [SAMARIA]. As the Israelites were prevented by the law (Lev 25:23) from thus alienating their inheritances, and as his name occurs without the usual genealogical marks, it is more than probable that Shemer was descended from those Canaanites whom the Hebrews had not dispossessed of their lands.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Shemer
[Shem’er]
Owner of the hill bought by Omri, on which he built Samaria. 1Ki 16:24.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Shemer
H8106
Owner of the site on which Samaria was built.
1Ki 16:24
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Shemer
She’mer. (preserved). The owner of the hill, on which the city of Samaria was built. 1Ki 16:24. (B.C. 917). See Samaria.