Strong H8098H8098Xשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ
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 Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.26.20;
father of: Uriah (H223B)
father of: Uriah (H223B)
Meaning of the name
Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Shemaiah
Prophet from Kiriath-jearim
Shemaiah, a prophet from Kiriath-jearim who prophesied against Jerusalem during Jehoiakim's reign.
In the Bible
Strong H8098X appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shemaiah1
First verses
- Jeremiah 26:20And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath–jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: