Shemaiah in Wikipedia
Sh'maya is a Hebrew from "shem" and "aya": Sky,
figuratively, the height or farthest extent of anything.
From the particle shem, deriving from the ancient Semitic
root ShM -name, light, sound, vibration, atmosphere. The -
aya ending indicates that it is without limit. Another more
common meaning is "Listen to God". It has been referred to
otherwise as:
Sh'maya, a rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in
the 1st century BC
in the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament:
Shemaiah, a prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (I Kings 12:22-
24)
Neh. 3:29
a Simeonite (I Chr. 4:37)
a priest (Neh. 12:42)
a Levite (I Chr. 9:16)
I 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 (I Chr. 15:8)
a reference to Moses the Levite (I Chr. 24:6)
the eldest son of Obed-edom (I Chr. 26:4-8)
a Levite (II 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)
Nehelamite (Dweller of Nehelam) The designation of Shemaiah,
a false prophet who went with the captives to Babylon and
who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24, 31-32).
one of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the
law (II Chr. 17:8)
a Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord"
(II Chr. 31:15)
a Levite (II 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)
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