keeper; thorn; dregs
(same as Shamir)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
1. 1Ch_6:46.
2. 1Ch_7:34.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Sha'mer. (keeper).
1. A Merarite Levite. 1Ch_6:46.
2. Shomer, an Asherite. 1Ch_7:34.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
shā?mer. See SHEMER.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. She'mer, שֶׁמֶר, in pause Sha'mer, שָׁמֶר, keeper; Sept. Σεμμήρ v.r. Σωμήρ and Σεμήρ respectively), the name of several men. SEE SHAMED; SEE SHEMER.
1. The second named of four children of Heber (1Ch_7:32), and father of Ahi and others (1Ch_7:34). B.C. perhaps ante 1658. In the first of these passages he is called SHOMER SEE SHOMER (q.v.).
2. The son of Mahli and father of Bani, of the tribe of Levi (1Ch_6:46). B.C. perhaps cir. 1658.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.