Strong H8098H8098Sשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ

Shemaiah

Definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.6.10;
son of: Delaiah (H1806J)

Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"

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

Shemaiah

False prophet who opposed Nehemiah

Shemaiah, a false prophet who tried to intimidate Nehemiah during the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall.

Strong H8098S appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Nehemiah 6:10
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.