Strong H8098H8098Zשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ
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.36.12;
father of: Delaiah (H1806K)
father of: Delaiah (H1806K)
Meaning of the name
Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Shemaiah
Scribe during Jehoiakim's reign
Shemaiah, a scribe in the chamber of Elishama during the reign of King Jehoiakim.
In the Bible
Strong H8098Z appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shemaiah1
First verses
- Jeremiah 36:12Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.