shemaya · Shemaiah

What it means

shemaya (שְׁמַעְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shemaiah”.

A name meaning "Yah has heard." About twenty-five people in the Bible bear it; among them the man of Elohim who told Rehoboam not to fight against Israel (1 Kings 12:22).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×12
• 2 Chronicles×8
• Ezra×4
• Nehemiah×10
• Jeremiah×6

• 1 Kings 12:22

  But the word of Elohim came to Shemaiah, the man of Elohim, saying,

• 1 Chronicles 3:22

  And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

• 1 Chronicles 4:37

  and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.

• 1 Chronicles 5:4

  The sons of Joel: Shemaiah, his son; Gog, his son; Shimei, his son;

• 1 Chronicles 9:14

  And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

• 1 Chronicles 9:16

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

• 1 Chronicles 15:8

  of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred;

• 1 Chronicles 15:11

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

• 1 Chronicles 24:6

  Shemaiah son of Nethanel, the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them before the king and the chiefs and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites: one father’s house taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

• 1 Chronicles 26:4

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

• 1 Chronicles 26:6

  To Shemaiah his son were born sons who ruled over the house of their father, for they were very capable men.

• 1 Chronicles 26:7

  The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, his brothers, capable men; Elihu and Semachiah.

• 2 Chronicles 11:2

  But the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah, the man of Elohim, saying,

• 2 Chronicles 12:5

  Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the officials of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says YHWH: ‘You have abandoned me, so I too have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’”

• 2 Chronicles 12:7

  When YHWH saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, and I will give them escape in a little while, and my fury will not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

• 2 Chronicles 12:15

  The deeds of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, according to the genealogical record? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days.

• 2 Chronicles 17:8

  and with them the Levites Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Joram, the priests.

• 2 Chronicles 29:14

  and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

• 2 Chronicles 31:15

  Beside him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, with faithfulness to give to their brothers by divisions, to great and small alike,

• 2 Chronicles 35:9

  Conaniah, and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officials of the Levites, contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand flock animals and five hundred cattle.

• Ezra 8:13

  and of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones, and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males;

• Ezra 8:16

  And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, heads, and for Joiarib and for Elnathan, discerning men;

• Ezra 10:21

  And of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.

• Ezra 10:31

  And the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,

• Nehemiah 3:29

  After him Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his house. And after him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.

• Nehemiah 6:10

  And I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, and he was shut in; and he said, “Let us meet at the house of Elohim, inside the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; and by night they are coming to kill you.”

• Nehemiah 10:8

  Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

• Nehemiah 11:15

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

• Nehemiah 12:6

  Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

• Nehemiah 12:18

  of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;

• Nehemiah 12:34

  Judah and Benjamin, and Shemaiah and Jeremiah,

• Nehemiah 12:35

  and of the sons of the priests with trumpets: Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,

• Nehemiah 12:36

  and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the instruments of song of David the man of Elohim; and Ezra the scribe was in front of them.

• Nehemiah 12:42

  and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers made themselves heard, with Izrahiah the one appointed.

• Jeremiah 26:20

  And there was also a man prophesying in the name of YHWH, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.

• Jeremiah 29:24

  And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying:

• Jeremiah 29:31

  “Send to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he has made you trust in falsehood,

• Jeremiah 29:32

  therefore thus says YHWH: Look, I am punishing Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his offspring; he will not have a man living in the midst of this people, and he will not see the good that I am doing for my people, declares YHWH, for he has spoken rebellion against YHWH.’”

• Jeremiah 36:12

  and he went down to the house of the king, into the chamber of the scribe; and look, there all the princes were sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Achbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

And 2 more times.