Strong's H8098 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שְׁמַעְיָה (Shᵉmaʻyâh)

Pronunciation: shem-aw-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"

Derivation: or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ (Shᵉmaʻyâhûw); from שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ) H8085 and יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050; Jah has heard

Definition: Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites

KJV Renderings: Shemaiah

Senses

1. a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah
2. 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 Gog
8. 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 David
11. a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David
12. a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David
13. a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
14. a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo
15. a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
16. 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 Judah
17. a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah
18. head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra
19. a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
20. an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
21. 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

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