Strong H8098H8098Eשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ
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 Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.14;
son of: Hasshub (H2815)
son of: Hasshub (H2815)
Meaning of the name
Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Shemaiah
Levite who lived in Jerusalem
Shemaiah, a Levite who resided in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
In the Bible
Strong H8098E appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shemaiah2
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:14And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
- Nehemiah 11:15Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;