Probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 in the sense of {publicity} that {is} prominence; thus a mountaineer; an {Emorite} one of the Canaanitish tribes: - Amorite.
2Ch 19:11And, behold, AmariahH568 the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good. ▼
2Ch 31:15And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, AmariahH568, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small: ▼▼
Neh 11:4And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of AmariahH568, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; ▼
Zep 1:1The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of AmariahH568, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.