שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ

she.ma.yahProper Noun (Masculine)H8098

Shemaiah

From: or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ; from H8085 (שָׁמַע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has heard;

Short Definition

Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites

Full Lexicon Entry

A prophet living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at § Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah" 1) a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of ) the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah 3) father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah 4) an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah 5) a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel 6) a Simeonite, father of Shimri 7) a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of ) a Merarite Levite, son of Hasshub in the time of Nehemiah 9) a Levite, son of Galal and father of Obadiah 10) a Levite and head of the family of the sons of Elizaphan who were commissioned to bring the ark to Jerusalem in the time of ) a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of ) a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of ) a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of ) a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to ) a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of ) a Levite, one of several in charge of distributing the free will offerings brought to God to their Levite brethren in the time of king Hezekiah of ) a Levite in the time of king Josiah of ) head of a family of exiles who returned with ) a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of ) an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of ) son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah 22) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall 23) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 24) a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 25) grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah 26) another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

38 times

Appears 38 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

1 Chronicles

Nehemiah

2 Chronicles

Jeremiah

Ezra

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:8
1 Chronicles 4:37
2 Chronicles 12:7
Ezra 10:31
Jeremiah 36:12

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