How to Pronounce Gemariah
GEM-uh-RYE-uh
Gemariah is pronounced GEM-uh-RYE-uh (ˌgɛməˈraɪə): four syllables, stress on the first and third.
What does Gemariah mean?
Gemariah means “accomplishment or perfection of the Lord”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Gemariah?
Gemariah son of Shaphan was a scribe in Jerusalem in the days of King Jehoiakim; it was from his chamber in the temple that Baruch read Jeremiah's scroll aloud to the people (Jeremiah 36:10), and Gemariah was among those who pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll (Jeremiah 36:25). A different Gemariah, son of Hilkiah, carried Jeremiah's letter to the exiles in Babylon (Jeremiah 29:3).
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