Lexical Summary Shemayah or Shemayahu: "Yah hears", the name of a number of Isr Original Word: שְׁמַעְיָהTransliteration: Shemayah or Shemayahu Phonetic Spelling: (shem-aw-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "Yah hears", the name of a number of Isr Meaning: Shemaiah -- "Yah hears", the name of a number of Israelites Strong's Concordance Shemaiah Or Shmamyahuw {shem-aw-yaw'-hoo}; from shama' and Yahh; Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites -- Shemaiah. see HEBREW shama' see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H8098. Shemayah or Shemayahu שְׁמַעְיָ֫ה(וּׅ proper name, masculine Σαμαιας etc.: שְׁמַעְיָה 1 prophet, Rehoboam's time 1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 12:5, 7, 15; = יָהוּ-11:2. 2 Jeremiah's time: a. false prophet Jeremiah 29:31 (twice in verse); 29:32 = יָהוּ- 29:24. b. יָהוּ- Jeremiah 36:12. 3 יָהוּ- a prophet's father Jeremiah 26:20. 4 descendant of Zerubbabel 1 Chronicles 3:22 (twice in verse). 5 in Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:37. 6 in Reuben 1 Chronicles 5:4. 7 Levites: b. 1 Chronicles 9:16 = שַׁמּוּעַ 3 c. 1 Chronicles 15:8, 11 e. 1 Chronicles 26:4, 6, 7 g. Ezra 8:16. h. Nehemiah 11:15. Also יָהוּ- 8 companions of Ezra: a. Ezra: a. Ezra 8:13. b. Ezra 6:10. 10 priests: a. Nehemiah 10:9; 12:42. b. Nehemiah 12:6.18. c. Nehemiah 12:35 d. 12:36. 11 a prince Nehemiah 12:34. אֶשְׁתְּמוֺעַ see above. |
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