Hebrew word

Shᵉmaʻyâh

shem-aw-yaw'

שְׁמַעְיָה

What it means

Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites

Where it comes from

or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ; from shâmaʻ (שָׁמַע) and Yâhh (יָהּ); Jah has heard

How the King James translates it

shemaiah41

Every place it appears 41

1 Kings12:22

1 Chronicles3:22 4:37 5:4 9:14 9:16 15:8 15:11 24:6 26:4 26:6 26:7

2 Chronicles11:2 12:5 12:7 12:15 17:8 29:14 31:15 35:9

Ezra8:13 8:16 10:21 10:31

Nehemiah3:29 6:10 10:8 11:15 12:6 12:18 12:34 12:35 12:36 12:42

Jeremiah26:20 29:24 29:31 29:32 36:12