JEREMOTH jĕr’ ə mŏth (יְרֵמֹ֣ות, possibly tall, swollen, or thick, KJV JERIMOTH, jĕr’ i mŏth [1 Chron 7:8; 27:19]; RAMOTH, rā’ mŏth [Ezra 10:29]). 1. Two Benjaminites (1 Chron 7:8; 8:14); the latter may be identified with the Jeroham of 1 Chronicles 8:27.

2. Two Levites: one descended from Merari (1 Chron 23:23, to be identified with Jerimoth in 24:30); one descended from Heman (1 Chron 25:22; cf. v. 4, where the name appears as Jerimoth).

3. A chief officer of the tribe of Naphtali during the reign of David (1 Chron 27:19, where the MT has יְרִימֹ֖ות properly rendered “Jerimoth” by KJV).

4. Three members of priestly families who were listed by a committee appointed by Ezra as having married foreign women (Ezra 10:26, 27, 29). All those named agreed to the demand to put away their wives and children and to offer a guilt offering (10:19, 44).