1. Shemaiah (proper name) — Proper masculine name meaning 'Yahweh has heard' (Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה / שְׁמַעְיָהוּ, short and long theophoric forms), referring to multiple individuals across the Hebrew Bible: (1) the prophet in Rehoboam's time who forbade civil war (1 Kgs 12:22; 2 Chr 11:2, 12:5-15), (2) Levites and priests in genealogical and service lists (1 Chr 3:22, 4:37, 5:4, 9:14-16, 15:8-11, 24:6, 26:4-7), (3) a Levitical teacher under Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 17:8), (4) various returnees from exile (Ezra 8:16; Neh 12:18), and (5) the false prophet Shemaiah the Nehelamite condemned by Jeremiah (Jer 26:20, 29:24-32, 36:12). Cross-linguistically uniform as a proper name: Arabic شَمَعْيَا, German Schemaja, Korean 스마야/셰마야, Spanish Semaias, Hindi शमैयाह/शमायाह, French Schemaeja. The auto-clusters split by book provenance and orthographic variant (with/without final waw) but represent a single onomastic entry. 41×
AR["شَمَعيا","شَمَعْيا","شَمَعْيَا"]·ben["-কাছে","ইলীষাফন-এর","শমঠিয়া","শমঠিয়ার","শময়িয়","শময়িয়া","শময়িয়ের","শময়ীয়ের","শময়ীয়ের-কাছে","শমায়ীয়া"]·DE["Schemaja"]·EN["Shema'yah","Shemaiah","Shemayah"]·FR["Schemaeja"]·heb["שמעיה","שמעיה ׀","שמעיהו"]·HI["और-नहीं","पर","शमआया","शमआया-के","शमआयाह","शमायाह","शमैयाह","शमैयाह-के","शमैयाहू-से","शेमयह"]·ID["Semaya","Syemaya"]·IT["Semaia"]·jav["Semaya","Syémaya","Sémaya"]·KO["셰마야","셰마야-의","셰마야후","쉐마야","쉐마야의","스마야","스마야가","스마야라","스마야와","스마야의"]·PT["Shema'yah","Shemayah","Shemayahu","Shema‘yah"]·RU["Шемаи","Шемаия","Шемайе","Шемайи","Шемайю","Шемайя","Шемайяху","Шемаьи","Шемаья","Шемаьяху","Шемая"]·ES["Semaya","Semayas","Semaías","Shemaya","Shemayah"]·SW["Shemaya"]·TR["Semaya","Şemaya","Şemaya'nın","Şemaya'ya","Şemayah","Şemayah'a"]·urd["سمعیاہ","سمعیاہ-نے","سمعیاہ-کے","شمعیاہ","شمعیاہ-کا","شمعیہ"]
1 Kgs 12:22, 1 Chr 3:22, 1 Chr 3:22, 1 Chr 4:37, 1 Chr 5:4, 1 Chr 9:14, 1 Chr 9:16, 1 Chr 15:8, 1 Chr 15:11, 1 Chr 24:6, 1 Chr 26:4, 1 Chr 26:6 (+29 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שְׁמַעְיָ֫ה(וּ) n.pr.m. Σαμαιας, etc.: שְׁמַעְיָה, 1. prophet, Rehob.’s time 1 K 12:22 2 Ch 12:5, 7, 15; = -יָהוּ 11:2. 2. Jer’s time: a. false proph. Je 29:31(×2), 32 = -יָהוּ v 24. b. -יָהוּ 36:12. 3. -יָהוּ a prophet’s father 26:20. 4. descendant of Zerub. 1 Ch 3:22(×2). 5. in Simeon 4:37. 6. in Reuben 5:4. 7. Levites: a. 1 Ch 9:14. b. v 16 = שַׁמּוּעַ 3. c. 15:8, 11. d. 24:6. e. 26:4, 6, 7.…