שמעיה
שמעיה
shamaiyah
Proper masculine noun · From שמע (H8085) and יה (H3050)
Or שמעיהו Shᵉmaʻyâhûw; from H8085 and H3050; Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites:—Shemaiah.
Outline
- Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"
- a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah
- the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
- father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
- an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
- a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel
- a Simeonite, father of Shimri
- a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of Gog
- a Merarite Levite, son of Hasshub in the time of Nehemiah
- a Levite, son of Galal and father of Obadiah
- a Levite and head of the family of the sons of Elizaphan who were commissioned to bring the ark to Jerusalem in the time of David
- a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David
- a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David
- a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
- a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo
- a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
- a Levite, one of several in charge of distributing the free will offerings brought to God to their Levite brethren in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
- a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah
- head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra
- a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
- an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
- son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah
- a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall
- a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
- a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
- grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah
- another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah