שְׁמַעְיָה

Detailed Definition

• 1a prophet of the lord in the reign of king rehoboam of judah
• 2the nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet jeremiah
• 3father of delaiah, one of the princes of judah in the time of the prophet jeremiah
• 4an inhabitant of kirjathjearim and father of urijah, a prophet of the lord in the time of the prophet jeremiah
• 5a judaite, son of shechaniah, father of hattush, and descendant of zerubbabel
• 6a simeonite, father of shimri
• 7a reubenite, son of joel and father of gog
• 8a merarite levite, son of hasshub in the time of nehemiah
• 9a levite, son of galal and father of obadiah
• 10a 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
• 11a levite and scribe, son of nethaneel in the time of david
• 12a levite, 1st son of obed-edom in the time of david
• 13a levite, descendant of jeduthun the singer in the time of king hezekiah of judah
• 14a levite, one of the messengers of ezra to iddo
• 15a levite in the time of king jehoshaphat of judah
• 16a 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
• 17a levite in the time of king josiah of judah
• 18head of a family of exiles who returned with ezra
• 19a priest, of the sons of harim who had a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 20an israelite of the sons of harim who had a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 21son of delaiah, grandson of mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by tobiah and sanballat to give false guidance to nehemiah
• 22a priest who sealed the covenant with nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall
• 23a priest who returned from exile with zerubbabel
• 24a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of jerusalem in the time of nehemiah
• 25grandfather of the priest zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of nehemiah
• 26another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of nehemiah