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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:
b. 1 Chronicles 9:16 = שַׁמּוּעַ 3.
g. Ezra 8:16.
h. Nehemiah 11:15. Also יָהוּ-
8. Companions of Ezra:
a. Ezra 8:13.
9. Companions of Nehemiah:
a. Nehemiah 3:39.
10. priests:
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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