keeper, or keeping
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ISHMERAI.A Benjamite chief (1Ch_8:18).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Ish'mera-i. (whom Jehovah keeps). A Benjamite, one of the family of Elpaal. 1Ch_8:18. (B.C. before 538).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ish?mē̇-rı̄ (ישׁמרי, yishmeray, from shāmar, meaning ?to hedge about,? i.e. ?to guard,? and therefore a ?guard,? ?protector?): A descendant of Benjamin, son of Epaal, resident of Jerusalem, one of the ?heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men? (1Ch_8:18).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ishmerai
(Heb. Yishmmeray', יַשְׁמְרִיfor יַשְׁמִּרְיָה, preserved by Jehovah; Septuag. Ι᾿εσαμαρί), one of the sons of Elpaal, a chief Benjamite resident at Jerusalem (1Ch_8:18). B.C. ante 588.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.