Strong H8098H8098Hשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ

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 living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.6;
son of: Nethanel (H5417J)

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 scribe during David's reign

Shemaiah, a Levite scribe who recorded the divisions of the priests.

In the Bible

Strong H8098H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shemaiah1

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 24:6
    And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
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