First name Shemaiah in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Shemaiah is the name of the man of G-d (1KI 12:22, 2CH 11:2), as well as name of son of Shecaniah (1CH 3:22), father of Shimri (1CH 4:37), Simeonite (1CH 4:24), and son of Joel (1CH 5:4), Reubenite (1CH 5:3)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: that hears or obeys the Lord. Related names are: Nethaneel, Jeiel, Judah . The translations of Shemaiah in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the ichthys
below, from Sê-Ma-Gia in Vietnamese to Σαμουιας in Greek!
Wear it!But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, (1KI 12:22)
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. (1CH 3:22)
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. (1CH 3:22)
And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; (1CH 4:37)
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, (1CH 5:4)
And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; (1CH 9:14)
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. (1CH 9:16)
Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: (1CH 15:8)
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, (1CH 15:11)
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. (1CH 24:6)
Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, (1CH 26:4)
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. (1CH 26:6)
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. (1CH 26:7)
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, (2CH 11:2)
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. (2CH 12:5)
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. (2CH 12:7)
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. (2CH 12:15)
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. (2CH 17:8)
And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. (2CH 29:14)
And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small: (2CH 31:15)
Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. (2CH 35:9)
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. (EZR 8:13)
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. (EZR 8:16)
And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. (EZR 10:21)
And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, (EZR 10:31)
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. (NEH 3:29)
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. (NEH 6:10)
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. (NEH 10:8)
Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; (NEH 11:15)
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jediah, (NEH 12:6)