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)

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

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. 1 Chronicles 9:14
    And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
  2. Nehemiah 11:15
    Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
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