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Immer

אִמֵּר · im.mer · H0564I“saying; speaking; a lamb” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions in 2 books, most in Ezra (1)

Where it is

CalahTigrisAram-naharaimAram-naharaimEllasarEllasarHaborHaborHenaHenaImmerabout 612 km across

36.36° N, 43.15° E · Located through Nineveh

Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles

Mentioned most in

Ezra · 1Nehemiah · 1
Counted from 2 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

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.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Ezra 1 mention

Ezra 2:59These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses and their offspring, whether they were of Israel:

Nehemiah 1 mention

Nehemiah 7:61These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their offspring, whether they were of Israel:

What the dictionary says

Talkative.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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