Or Shmamyahuw {shem-aw-yaw'-hoo}; from shama' and Yahh; Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites -- Shemaiah.
see HEBREW shama'
see HEBREW Yahh
H8098. Shemayah
or Shemayahu שְׁמַעְיָ֫ה(וּׅ proper name, masculine Σαμαιας etc.: שְׁמַעְיָה
1 prophet, Rehoboam's time 1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 12:5, 7, 15; = יָהוּ-11:2.
2 Jeremiah's time:
a. false prophet Jeremiah 29:31 (twice in verse); 29:32 = יָהוּ- 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
c. 1 Chronicles 15:8, 11
e. 1 Chronicles 26:4, 6, 7
g. Ezra 8:16.
h. Nehemiah 11:15. Also יָהוּ-
8 companions of Ezra:
a. Ezra:
a. Ezra 8:13.
b. Ezra 6:10.
10 priests:
a. Nehemiah 10:9; 12:42.
b. Nehemiah 12:6.18.
c. Nehemiah 12:35 d. 12:36.
11 a prince Nehemiah 12:34.
אֶשְׁתְּמוֺעַ see above.