<strong>ALEMETH</strong> (ăl'ĕ-mĕth, Heb. <em>‘ālāmeth, concealment</em>)<br /><br />

A son of Beker and grandson of Benjamin (<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.8">1Chr.7.8</bibleref>).Son of Jehoaddah (<bibleref ref="1Chr.8.36">1Chr.8.36</bibleref>), Jarah (<bibleref ref="1Chr.9.42">1Chr.9.42</bibleref>, <span class="small-caps">jb, kjv, mlb, nasb, neb, rsv</span>; Jadah <span class="small-caps">niv</span>).
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<strong>ALEMETH, ALMON</strong> (ăl'ĕ-mĕth, ăl'mŏn, <em>hidden</em>). A priests’ city (<bibleref ref="Josh.21.18">Josh.21.18</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="1Chr.6.60">1Chr.6.60</bibleref>). It is the modern Almit.<br /><br />

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<strong>ALEMETH</strong> <strong>ăl’ ə məth</strong> (<span class="hebrew">עָלֶ֥מֶת</span>, <em>concealment</em>). 1. A Benjamite, son of Becher (<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.8">1 Chron 7:8</bibleref>; KJV has ALAMETH).<br /><br />

2. Descendant of Saul and Jonathan. His father’s name, Jehoadah appears in <bibleref ref="1Chr.8.36">1 Chronicles 8:36</bibleref>, and as Jarah in <bibleref ref="1Chr.9.42">1 Chronicles 9:42</bibleref>.

3. A Levitical city of Benjamin (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.60">1 Chron 6:60</bibleref>; ASV has <em>Allemeth</em>); called ALMON in <bibleref ref="Josh.21.18">Joshua 21:18</bibleref>.<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(`alemeth, "concealment"):<br /><br />

(1) the <span class="auto-link">[[Revised Version]]</span> (British and American) for Alameth of the <span class="auto-link">[[King James Version]]</span> in <bibleref ref="1Chr.7.8">1Ch 7:8</bibleref>.

(2) Descendant of Saul and Jonathan, and son of Jehoaddah, <bibleref ref="1Chr.8.36">1Ch 8:36</bibleref>, or of Jarah, <bibleref ref="1Chr.9.42">1Ch 9:42</bibleref>. The genealogies in the two chapters are identical, and he is the fifth generation after Jonathan.

(3) In some Hebrew texts, Ginsburg and Baer, for <em>ALLEMETH</em> (which see); so in the King James Version.<br /><br />

Alemeth