Strong H8098H8098Wשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ
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.12.42
Meaning of the name
Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Shemaiah
Levite who led the singing
Shemaiah, a Levite who led the singing during the dedication of Jerusalem's wall.
In the Bible
Strong H8098W appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shemaiah1
First verses
- Nehemiah 12:42And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.