Amariah~አማርያ: The name “Amariah” means the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord / HBN; Said by Jehovah / EBD, (1 ዜና 6፡7፣ 52)

The name ‘Amariah’ is derived from A‘Mare’ (አ’ማረ) and ‘Yah’ (ያህ) ፥ the meaning is ‘foregiven by Jehovah’ / Ibid"    Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,” (1Chr 6:7, 52)

Other people with the same name are: A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses (1 Chr 23:19; 24:23); A "chief priest" who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 19:11); The head of one of the twenty-four courses of priest (2 Chr 31:15; Neh 10:3; 12:2,13); One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah’ (2 Chr 31:15); An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet (Zep 1:1); A descendant of Pharez (Neh 11:4); A priest who returned with Zerubbabel (Neh 10:3); One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra (Ezr 10:42)
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አማርያ ~Amariah: አማረ ያህ፣ የተማረ፣ አምላክ ይቅር ያለው፣ ምህረት ያገኘ፣ መሃሪ አምላክ ማለት ነው።

‘ማረ’ እና ‘ያህ’(ያህዌ ፣ ህያው) ከሚሉ ቃላት የተመሠረተ ስም ነው።

1.                  የሌዊ ልጆች፥ የአኪጦብ አባት፥ “መራዮት አማርያን ወለደ” (1 ዜና 6፡7፣52)

2.                  የእግዚአብሔር ሰው ከሙሴ ልጆች ከሌዊ ነገድ፥ (1 ዜና 23:19 ፣ 24:23)

3.                  የይሁዳም ንጉሥ ኢዮሣፍጥ ከሌዋውያንና ከካህናት ከእስራኤልም የአባቶች ቤቶች አለቆች፥ በእግዚአብሔር ስም ፍርድን እንዲፈርዱ ክርክርንም እንዲቈርጡ በኢየሩሳሌም የሾመው፥ (2 ዜና 19:11)

4.                  የዘካርያስ ልጅ፥ (2 ዜና 31:15)

5.                  የነብዩ ሶፎንያስ ቅድመ  አያት፣ የሕዝቅያስ ልጅ፥ (ሶፎ 1:1)

6.                  ከፋሬስ ወገን የሆነ፣ የሰፋጥያስ ልጅ፥ (ነህ 11:4.)

7.                  ከባቢሎን ከተመለሱ ካህኑ አማርያ፥ (ነህ 10:3)

8.                  በዕዝራ ዘመን ከተመለሱ የባኒ ልጅ፥ (ዕዝ 10:41፣ 42)