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Lexicon :: Strong's H8098 - šᵊmaʿyâ

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שְׁמַעְיָה
Transliteration
šᵊmaʿyâ
Pronunciation
shem-aw-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

שְׁמַעְיָה Shᵉmaʻyâh, shem-aw-yaw'; or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ Shᵉmaʻyâhûw; from H8085 and H3050; Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites:—Shemaiah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H8098 in the following manner: Shemaiah (41x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H8098 in the following manner: Shemaiah (41x).

  1. Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"

    1. a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah

    2. the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

    3. father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

    4. an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

    5. a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel

    6. a Simeonite, father of Shimri

    7. a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of Gog

    8. a Merarite Levite, son of Hasshub in the time of Nehemiah

    9. a Levite, son of Galal and father of Obadiah

    10. 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

    11. a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David

    12. a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David

    13. a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

    14. a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo

    15. a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

    16. 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

    17. a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah

    18. head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra

    19. a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

    20. an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

    21. son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah

    22. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall

    23. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

    24. a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

    25. grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah

    26. another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁמַעְיָה Shᵉmaʻyâh, shem-aw-yaw'; or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ Shᵉmaʻyâhûw; from H8085 and H3050; Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites:—Shemaiah.
STRONGS H8098: Abbreviations
†שְׁמַעְיָ֫ה(וּ) proper name, masculine Σαμαιας etc.: שְׁמַעְיָה
1. prophet, Rehoboam's time 1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 12:5, 7, 15; = יָהוּ - 2 Chronicles 11:2.
2. Jeremiah's time:
a. false prophet Jeremiah 29:31 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 29:32 = יָהוּ- Jeremiah 29:24.
b. יָהוּ- Jeremiah 36:12.
3. יָהוּ- a prophet's father Jeremiah 26:20.
4. descendant of Zerubbabel 1 Chronicles 3:22 (twice in verse).
5. in Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:37.
6. in Reuben 1 Chronicles 5:4.
7. Levites:
a. 1 Chronicles 9:14.
b. 1 Chronicles 9:16 = שַׁמּוּעַ 3.
c. 1 Chronicles 15:8, 11
d. 1 Chronicles 24:6.
e. 1 Chronicles 26:4, 6, 7
f. 2 Chronicles 29:14.
g. Ezra 8:16.
h. Nehemiah 11:15. Also יָהוּ-
i. 2 Chronicles 17:8.
j. 2 Chronicles 31:15.
k. 2 Chronicles 35:9.
8. Companions of Ezra:
a. Ezra 8:13.
b. Ezra 10:21.
c. Ezra 10:31.
9. Companions of Nehemiah:
a. Nehemiah 3:39.
b. Nehemiah 6:10.
10. priests:
a. Nehemiah 10:9; Nehemiah 12:42.
b. Nehemiah 12:6, 18.
c. Nehemiah 12:35
d. Nehemiah 12:36.
11. a prince Nehemiah 12:34.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

12:22

1 Chronicles

3:22; 4:37; 5:4; 9:14; 9:16; 15:8; 15:11; 24:6; 26:4; 26:6; 26:7

2 Chronicles

11:2; 12:5; 12:7; 12:15; 17:8; 29:14; 31:15; 35:9

Ezra

8:13; 8:16; 10:21; 10:31

Nehemiah

6:10; 10:9; 11:15; 12:6; 12:18; 12:34; 12:35; 12:36; 12:42

Jeremiah

26:20; 29:24; 29:31; 29:32; 36:12

H8098

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8098 matches the Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה (šᵊmaʿyâ),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:22 - But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:22 - And the sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Jigeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:37 - and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:4 - The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:14 - And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:16 - and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:8 - of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:11 - And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, inscribed them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites: one father's house was drawn for Eleazar, and one drawn for Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:4 - -- And the sons of Obed-Edom: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:6 - And to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who were rulers in their father's house; for they were mighty men of valour.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:7 - The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu and Semachiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:2 - But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah that had gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus saith Jehovah: Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them, but I will grant them a little deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:15 - And the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the words of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogical registers? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:8 - and with them the Levites: Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:14 - and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set trust, to make distributions to their brethren by their divisions, to the great as to the small,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - and Conaniah, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave as heave-offering to the Levites for the passover-offerings five thousand small cattle and five hundred oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:13 - And of the children of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:16 - And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, and for Joiarib and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:21 - And of the children of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:31 - And the children of Harim: Eliezer, Jishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:29 - After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. And after him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:8 - Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:15 - And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:6 - Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:18 - of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:34 - Judah and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:35 - and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:36 - and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42 - and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud; and Jizrahiah was their overseer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim: and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:24 - And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:31 - Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in falsehood;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:32 - therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he see the good that I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; because he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - and he went down to the king's house, into the scribe's chamber, and behold, all the princes were sitting there: 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.
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