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Shemaiah

Proper noun

Meaning

(biblical) Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:
A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).

Neh. 3:29.

A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).

A priest (Neh. 12:42).

A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).

1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15.

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).

A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6).

The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8).

A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14).

A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).

A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).

A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32).

One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8).

A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15).

A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9).

The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20).

The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).

A rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in 1st century BC.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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