Strong H8098H8098Rשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ
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 Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.29;
son of: Shecaniah (H7935L)
son of: Shecaniah (H7935L)
Meaning of the name
Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Shemaiah
Levite who helped rebuild Jerusalem's wall
Shemaiah, a Levite who made repairs to a section of Jerusalem's wall near his house.
In the Bible
Strong H8098R appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shemaiah1
First verses
- Nehemiah 3:29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.