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Strong's #8098 - שְׁמַעְיָהוּ

Transliteration

Shᵉmaʻyâh

Phonetics

shem-aw-yaw', shem-aw-yaw'-hoo

Origin

from (H8085) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"
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
  1. 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
  2. a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David
  3. a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David
  4. a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
  5. a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo
  6. a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
  7. 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
  8. a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah
  9. head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra
  10. a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
  11. an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
  12. son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah
  13. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall
  14. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
  15. a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
  16. grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah
  17. another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (41)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 6

BSB (41)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 6

CSB (40)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 5

ESV (41)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 6

KJV (41)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 6

LEB (41)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 6

LSB (41)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 6

N95 (41)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 6

NAS (41)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 6

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (41)

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 10

Jeremiah 6

ASV (41)

also unto shemaiah 1

also, and shemaiah 1

and concerning shemaiah 1

and shemaiah 6

because that shemaiah 1

came to shemaiah 2

came unto shemaiah 1

concerning shemaiah 1

even shemaiah 1

for shemaiah 1

now shemaiah 1

of shemaiah 10

shemaiah 14

BSB (41)

and his 1

and shemaiah 3

of shemaiah 8

shemaiah 26

shemaiah''s 1

then shemaiah 1

were shemaiah 1

CSB (40)

shemaiah 38

shemaiah's 2

ESV (41)

shemaiah 41

KJV (41)

shemaiah 41

LEB (41)

and shemaiah 2

and to shemaiah 1

brothers shemaiah 1

him shemaiah 1

of shemaiah 1

shemaiah 34

then shemaiah 1

LSB (41)

shemaiah 41

N95 (41)

shemaiah 41

NAS (41)

shemaiah 41

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (41)

also to shemaiah 1

and shemaiah 5

because shemaiah 1

came to shemaiah 3

concerning shemaiah 2

even shemaiah 1

for shemaiah 1

now shemaiah 1

of shemaiah 9

shemaiah 14

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שְׁמַעְיָ֫ה(וּׅ proper name, masculine Σαμαιας etc.: שְׁמַעְיָה

1 prophet, Rehoboam's time 1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 12:5,7,15; = יָהוּ- 2 Chronicles 11:2.

2 Jeremiah's time:

a. false prophet Jeremiah 29:31 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 29:32 = יָהוּ- Jeremiah 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:

a. 1 Chronicles 9:14.

b. 1 Chronicles 9:16 = שַׁמּוּעַ 3

c. 1 Chronicles 15:8,11

d. 1 Chronicles 24:6.

e. 1 Chronicles 26:4,6,7

f. 2 Chronicles 29:14.

g. Ezra 8:16.

h. Nehemiah 11:15. Also יָהוּ-

i. 2 Chronicles 17:8.

j. 2 Chronicles 31:15.

k. 2 Chronicles 35:9.

8 companions of Ezra:

a. Ezra:

a. Ezra 8:13.

b. Ezra 6:10.

10 priests:

a. Nehemiah 10:9; Nehemiah 12:42.

b. Nehemiah 12:6.18.

c. Nehemiah 12:35d. Nehemiah 12:36.

11 a prince Nehemiah 12:34.

אֶשְׁתְּמוֺעַ see above.

List of Word Forms

וְלִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖ה וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜ה וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הוּ וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה וּֽשְׁמַעְיָ֑ה וּשְׁמַֽעְיָ֨הוּ ולשמעיה ושמעיה ושמעיהו לִֽ֠שְׁמַעְיָה לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖ה לשמעיה מעיהו שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֡הוּ שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה שְֽׁמַֽעְיָה֩ שְֽׁמַעְיָ֡ה שְׁ֠מַעְיָהוּ שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑ה שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה שְׁמַֽעְיָ֖ה שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗ה שְׁמַֽעְיָ֣ה שְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הוּ שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה ׀ שְׁמַֽעְיָֽה׃ שְׁמַעְיָ֑ה שְׁמַעְיָ֔הוּ שְׁמַעְיָ֖ה שְׁמַעְיָ֗ה שְׁמַעְיָ֣ה שְׁמַעְיָ֥ה שְׁמַעְיָ֥הוּ שְׁמַעְיָ֧ה שמעיה שמעיה׃ שמעיהו liš·ma‘·yāh Lishmayah lišma‘yāh ma‘·yā·hū ma‘yāhū mayahu šə·ma‘·yā·hū šə·ma‘·yāh šəma‘yāh šəma‘yāhū shemaYah shemaYahu ū·šə·ma‘·yā·hū ū·šə·ma‘·yāh ūšəma‘yāh ūšəma‘yāhū ushemaYah ushemaYahu velishmaYah wə·liš·ma‘·yāh wəlišma‘yāh