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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 Shemayah the man of God, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:22 - The sons of Shekhanyahu: Shemayah. The sons of Shemayah: Hattush, and Yig'al, and Bariach, and Ne`aryah, and Shafat, six.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:37 - and Ziza the son of Shif`i, the son of Allon, the son of Yedayah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemayah--

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:4 - The sons of Yo'el: Shemayah his son, Gog his son, Shim`i his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:14 - Of the Levites: Shemayah the son of Hashshuv, the son of `Azrikam, the son of Hashavyah, of the sons of Merari;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:16 - and `Ovadyah the son of Shemayah, the son of Galal, the son of Yedutun, and Berekhyah the son of Asa, the son of Elkana, who lived in the villages of the Netofati.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:8 - of the sons of Elitzafan, Shemayah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:11 - David called for Tzadok and Avyatar the Kohanim, and for the Levites, for Uri'el, `Asayah, and Yo'el, Shemayah, and Eli'el, and `Amminadav,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemayah the son of Netan'el the Sofer, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Tzadok the Kohen, and Achimelekh the son of Avyatar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the Kohanim and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for El`azar, and one taken for Itamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:4 - Obed-edom had sons: Shemayah the firstborn, Yehozavad the second, Yo'ach the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Netan'el the fifth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:6 - Also to Shemayah his son were sons born, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:7 - The sons of Shemayah: Othni, and Rephael, and `Oved, Elzavad, whose brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachyahu.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - Now Shemayah the prophet came to Rechav`am, and to the princes of Yehudah, who were gathered together to Yerushalayim because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says the LORD, You have forsaken me, 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 - When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemayah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Yerushalayim by the hand of Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:15 - Now the acts of Rechav`am, first and last, aren't they written in the histories of Shemayah the prophet and of `Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? There were wars between Rechav`am and Yarov`am continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:8 - and with them the Levites, even Shemayah, and Netanyah, and Zevadyah, and `Asa'el, and Shemiramot, and Yehonatan, and Adoniyahu, and Toviyah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Yehoram, the Kohanim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:14 - and of the sons of Heman, Yechi'el and Shim`i; and of the sons of Yedutun, Shemayah and `Uzzi'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - Under him were `Eden, and Minyamin, and Yeshua, and Shemayah, Amaryah, and Shekhanyahu, in the cities of the Kohanim, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Kananyahu also, and Shemayah and Netan'el, his brothers, and Hashavyah and Ye`i'el and Yozavad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Pesach offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:13 - Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last; and these are their names: Elifelet, Ye`u'el, and Shemayah; and with them sixty males.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:16 - Then sent I for Eli`ezer, for Ari'el, for Shemayah, and for Elnatan, and for Yariv, and for Elnatan, and for Natan, and for Zekharyah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Yoiariv, and for Elnatan, who were teachers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:21 - Of the sons of Harim: Ma`aseyah, and Eliyah, and Shemayah, and Yechi'el, and `Uzziyah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:31 - of the sons of Harim: Eli`ezer, Yishshiyah, Malkiyah, Shemayah, Shim`on,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:29 - After them repaired Tzadok the son of Immer over against his own house. After him repaired Shemayah the son of Shekhanyahu, the keeper of the east gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - I went to the house of Shemayah the son of Delayah the son of Mehetav'el, who was shut 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 will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:8 - Ma`azyah, Bilgai, Shemayah; these were the Kohanim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:15 - Of the Levites: Shemayah the son of Hashshuv, the son of `Azrikam, the son of Hashavyah, the son of Bunni;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:6 - Shemayah, and Yoiariv, Yedayah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:18 - of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemayah, Yehonatan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:34 - Yehudah, and Binyamin, and Shemayah, and Yirmeyahu,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:35 - and certain of the Kohanim' sons with trumpets: Zekharyah the son of Yonatan, the son of Shemayah, the son of Mattanyah, the son of Mikhayahu, the son of Zakkur, the son of Asaf;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:36 - and his brothers, Shemayah, and `Azar'el, Milalai, Gilalai, Ma`ai, Netan'el, and Yehudah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the Sofer was before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42 - and Ma`aseyah, and Shemayah, and El`azar, and `Uzzi, and Yehochanan, and Malkiyah, and `Elam, and Etzer. The singers sang loud, with Yizrachyah their overseer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - There was also a man who prophesied in the name of the LORD, Uriyah the son of Shemayah of Kiryat-Ye`arim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Yirmeyahu:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:24 - Concerning Shemayah the Nechelami you shall speak, 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 says the LORD concerning Shemayah the Nechelami: Because Shemayah has prophesied to you, and I didn't send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:32 - therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will punish Shemayah the Nechelami, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says the LORD, because he has spoken rebellion against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - he went down into the king's house, into the Sofer's chamber: and, behold, all the princes were sitting there, to wit, Elishama the Sofer, and Delayah the son of Shemayah, and Elnatan the son of `Akhbor, and Gemaryah the son of Shafan, and Tzidkiyahu the son of Hananyah, and all the princes.
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