A place from which exiles returned to Jerusalem
Immer
Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Ezra 2:59.
אִמֵּרImmer
The name means “saying; speaking; a lamb.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Immer Written by AI
Immer is mentioned in the lists of people who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile (Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61). The context suggests that it was a place from which some of the returning exiles originated. However, these people could not prove their ancestry or that they belonged to Israel.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Immer, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
Talkative. (1.) The head of the sixteenth priestly order (1 Chr. 24:14). (2.) Jer. 20:1. (3.) Ezra 2:37; Neh. 7:40. (4.) Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61. (5.) The father of Zadok (Neh. 3:29).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- Ezra 2:59
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
- Nehemiah 7:61
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.