Strong H8098H8098Tשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ
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, first mentioned at Neh.10.8
Meaning of the name
Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Shemaiah
Priest who sealed the covenant
Shemaiah, a priest who sealed the covenant during Nehemiah's time and participated in the dedication of the wall.
In the Bible
Strong H8098T appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shemaiah4
First verses
- Nehemiah 10:8Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
- Nehemiah 12:6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
- Nehemiah 12:18Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
- Nehemiah 12:34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,