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HebrewH8051Proper Noun (Masculine)

שַׁמּוּעַ

sham.mu.a

5Occurrences
H8051Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shammua, the name of four Israelites

from H8074 (שָׁמֵם); renowned;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at ; son of: Zaccur (H2139) § Shammua = "renowned" 1) son of Zaccur and the spy from the tribe of Reuben 2) son of David by his wife Bathsheba 2a) also 'Shammuah' and 'Shimea' 3) aLevite, son of Galal and father of Abda who lived in Jerusalem after the return from exile in the time of Nehemiah 3a) also 'Shemaiah' 4) a priest, head of the family of Bilgah in the time of Joiakim after the return from exile

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שַׁמּוּעַ appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 14:4BSB

These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

2 Samuel 5:14BSB

These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Nehemiah 11:17BSB

Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Nehemiah 12:18BSB

of Bilgah, Shammua;of Shemaiah, Jonathan;

Numbers 13:4BSB

and these were their names:From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.