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- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromשְׁמַעְיָה“[whom] God heard”
- English todayShemaiah
From the Biblical Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה (“[whom] God heard”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shemaiah
Today it means: A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). Full definition →
Biblical Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה