zemarites Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
zemarites in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ZEM'ARITES , THE, descendants of Canaan. Gen 10:18; 1 Chr 1:16.
zemarites in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
A Hamite tribe related to the Hittites and Amorites. Sons of Canaan (Genesis 10:18). The targums identify with Emesa, now Hums. Bochart conjectures Samyra, a city of Phoenicia, on the sea coast, on the river Eleutherus; its ruins still are called Samra. (See ZEMARAIM).