In the bible, Azmaveth is the name of the Barhumite (Baharumite 1CH 11:33), twenty-first of "the thirty" of David's men (2SA 23:31), as well as name of son of Jehoadda (1CH 8:36), in charge of the king's storehouses, son of Adiel (1CH 27:25), and his sons (descendants) returned to Judah after captivity (EZR 2:24). Meaning of the name: strong death; a he-goat. Related names are:
Ahaz, Alemeth,
Zimri (and others ...)
. The translations of Azmaveth in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Asmáwet in Afrikaans to
Ασμωθ in Greek!
Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, (2SA 23:31)
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, (1CH 8:36)
And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; (1CH 9:42)
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, (1CH 11:33)
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite, (1CH 12:3)
And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: (1CH 27:25)
The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. (EZR 2:24)
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. (NEH 12:29)