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Strong H8060H8060Iשַׁמַּי

Shammai

One of the 3 senses of Strong H8060

Transliteration
shammay
Pronunciation
sham-mah'ee
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.17;
son of: Mered (H4778)(?) and Bithiah (H1332);
brother of: Miriam (H4813H) and Ishbah (H3431);
half-brother of: Jered (H3382H)(?), Heber (H2268I)(?) and Jekuthiel (H3354)(?)

Meaning of the name

Shammai = "desolate"

General definition

From H8073; destructive;
{Shammai} the name of three Israelites: - Shammai.

In the biblical story

Shammai

Son of Mered

Shammai, the son of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh and Mered who was a descendant of Judah.

In the Bible

Strong H8060I appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shammai1

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:17
    And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
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