Strong H8098H8098Uשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ

Shemaiah

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.12.35;
son of: Mattaniah (H4983O);
brother of: Hashabiah (H2811O);
father of: Jonathan (H3129K)

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

Priest who played a trumpet

Shemaiah, a priest who played a trumpet during the dedication of Jerusalem's wall.

In the Bible

Strong H8098U appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

shemaiah1

First verses

Nehemiah 12:35
And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: