Bible dictionaries
Shema
What Bible dictionaries say about “Shema”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Shema - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Rumour. (1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:8).
(2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:13).
(3.) One who stood by Ezra when he read the law (Neh. 8:4).
(4.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:26); the same as Sheba (ver. 5).
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828Smith’s Bible Dictionary
- A Reubenite, ancestor of Bela. (1 Chronicles 5:8) (B.C. before 1090.)
- Son of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:13) Probably the same as Shimhi. (B.C. after 1450.)
- One of those who stood at Ezras right hand when he read the law to the people. (Nehemiah 8:4) (B.C. 458.)
- (Joshua 15:26) [SHEBA]
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith