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Shemaiah.

Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

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Meaning & usage

name/ʃɛmɛˈjɑː/

  1. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).

  2. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: Neh. 3:29.

  3. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).

  4. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A priest (Neh. 12:42).

  5. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).

  6. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15.

  7. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (1 Chr. 15:8).

  8. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6).

  9. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8).

  10. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14).

  11. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).

  12. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).

  13. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32).

  14. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8).

  15. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15).

  16. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9).

  17. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20).

  18. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).

  19. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: A rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in 1st century BC.

Where this word comes from

From the Biblical Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה (“[whom] God heard”).

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