Strong's H8098 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: שְׁמַעְיָה (Shᵉmaʻyâh)

Pronunciation: shem-aw-yaw'

POS: shem-aw-yaw' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or ; from and ; Jah has heard;

Definition: or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ; from שָׁמַע and יָהּ; Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites; Shemaiah.

KJV Usage: Shemaiah.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"
• 2. 1) a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah
• 3. 2) the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
• 4. 3) father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
• 5. 4) an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
• 6. 5) a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel
• 7. 6) a Simeonite, father of Shimri
• 8. 7) a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of Gog
• 9. 8) a Merarite Levite, son of Hasshub in the time of Nehemiah
• 10. 9) a Levite, son of Galal and father of Obadiah
• 11. 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
• 12. 11) a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David
• 13. 12) a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David
• 14. 13) a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
• 15. 14) a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo
• 16. 15) a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
• 17. 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
• 18. 17) a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah
• 19. 18) head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra
• 20. 19) a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
• 21. 20) an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
• 22. 21) son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah
• 23. 22) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall
• 24. 23) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
• 25. 24) a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
• 26. 25) grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah
• 27. 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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