שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ

she.ma.yah

Hebrew H8098 Personal name, masculine 41 occurrences in 39 verses
שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ Shemaiah

A prophet living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.12.22

§ 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

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Concordance 39 verses

  1. 1 Kings 12:22 שְׁמַעְיָ֥ה

    But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

  2. 1 Chronicles 3:22 שְׁמַעְיָ֑השְׁמַעְיָ֗ה

    The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.

  3. 1 Chronicles 4:37 שְׁמַֽעְיָֽה׃

    and Ziza son of Shiphi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah).

  4. 1 Chronicles 5:4 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה

    The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

  5. 1 Chronicles 9:14 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה

    From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;

  6. 1 Chronicles 9:16 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה

    Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

  7. 1 Chronicles 15:8 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה

    from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;

  8. 1 Chronicles 15:11 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה

    David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

  9. 1 Chronicles 24:6 שְֽׁמַֽעְיָה֩

    The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.

  10. 1 Chronicles 26:4 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה

    And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

  11. 1 Chronicles 26:6 וְלִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה

    Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.

  12. 1 Chronicles 26:7 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗ה

    Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.

  13. 2 Chronicles 11:2 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הוּ

    But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

  14. 2 Chronicles 12:5 וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה

    Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”

  15. 2 Chronicles 12:7 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה׀

    When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

  16. 2 Chronicles 12:15 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה

    Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

  17. 2 Chronicles 17:8 שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֡הוּ

    accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

  18. 2 Chronicles 29:14 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֖ה

    Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.

  19. 2 Chronicles 31:15 וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הוּ

    Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.

  20. 2 Chronicles 35:9 וּשְׁמַֽעְיָ֨הוּ

    Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.

  21. Ezra 8:13 וּֽשְׁמַעְיָ֑ה

    from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

  22. Ezra 8:16 לִֽ֠שְׁמַעְיָה

    Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.

  23. Ezra 10:21 וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה

    From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.

  24. Ezra 10:31 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה

    From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

  25. Nehemiah 3:29 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֣ה

    Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

  26. Nehemiah 6:10 שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה

    Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!”

  27. Nehemiah 10:8 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑ה

    Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

  28. Nehemiah 11:15 שְׁמַעְיָ֧ה

    From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

  29. Nehemiah 12:6 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה

    Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,

  30. Nehemiah 12:18 לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖ה

    of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;

  31. Nehemiah 12:34 וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖ה

    Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

  32. Nehemiah 12:35 שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗ה

    and some of the priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

  33. Nehemiah 12:36 שְֽׁמַעְיָ֡ה

    and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.

  34. Nehemiah 12:42 וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜ה

    and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.

  35. Jeremiah 26:20 שְׁמַעְיָ֔הוּ

    Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

  36. Jeremiah 29:24 שְׁמַעְיָ֥הוּ

    You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that

  37. Jeremiah 29:31 שְׁמַעְיָ֖השְׁמַעְיָ֗ה

    “Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,

  38. Jeremiah 29:32 שְׁמַעְיָ֣ה

    this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

  39. Jeremiah 36:12 שְׁ֠מַעְיָהוּ

    he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

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