Strong H8098H8098Cשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ

Shemaiah

One of the 26 senses of Strong H8098

Transliteration
shema‛yâh shema‛yâhû
Pronunciation
{shem-aw-yaw'} shem-aw-yaw'-hoo
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Simeon(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.37;
father of: Shimri (H8113)

Meaning of the name

Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"

General definition

From H8085 and H3050; Jah has heard;
{Shemajah} the name of twenty five Israelites: - Shemaiah.

In the biblical story

Shemaiah

Descendant of Simeon

Shemaiah, a descendant of Simeon, son of Shimri.

In the Bible

Strong H8098C appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shemaiah1

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:37
    And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
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