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1 Chronicles 26:6

“Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שְׁמַעְיָהShᵉmaʻyâh · shem-aw-yaw'
H8098 · Hebrew

Definition: Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites
Derivation: or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ; from H8085 (שָׁמַע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has heard;
KJV renderings: Shemaiah.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
לִֽ — preposition
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה — proper noun
Code HC/R/Np
Usage: Occurs 41 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 12:22 1 Chronicles 3:22 1 Chronicles 3:22 1 Chronicles 4:37 1 Chronicles 5:4

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שְׁמַעְיָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.