Shemaiah

From the Biblical Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה‎ (“[whom] God heard”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛmɛˈjɑː/

Shemaiah

1. (biblical) Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:
   1. A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
   2. Neh. 3:29.
   3. A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).
   4. A priest (Neh. 12:42).
   5. A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).
   6. 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15.
   7. A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (1 Chr. 15:8).
   8. A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6).
   9. The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8).
   10. A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14).
   11. A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).
   12. A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).
   13. A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32).
   14. One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8).
   15. A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15).
   16. A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9).
   17. The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20).
   18. The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).
   19. A rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in 1st century BC.

• H8098 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Shemaiah

1. a female given name
2. (biblical) Shemaiah