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Shemaiah, a name which in Hebrew (שמע-יה shema-Ya) means "God Heard", may refer to: Shmaya (tanna) , rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in the 1st century BC Any of several people in the Bible/Christian Old Testament; see List of people in the Hebrew Bible called Shemaiah
Shemaiah (Hebrew: שְׁמַעְיָה Šəmaʿyā; Samaia in the Septuagint), also known as Samaia or Semeias, [1] was a prophet during the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church on 8 January and 9 January .
Shemaiah and Abtalion may be identical to Sameas and Pollion who are mentioned by Josephus. [12] Shemaiah is named by Josephus under his Greek name Sameas ( Greek : Σαμαίας ). According to Josephus, he led the Sanhedrin during the transition period between the Hasmonean dynasty and the rise of King Herod the Great.
Shemaiah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Hebrew: שמעיה shemayah "God Heard"): a Levite in the time of David , who with 200 of his relatives took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (I Chronicles 15:8)
The Book of Shemaiah the Prophet is one of the non-canonical books referenced in the Bible, now lost. It was probably written by the biblical prophet Shemaiah, who lived at the time of Rehoboam. This text is sometimes called Shemaiah the Prophet or The Acts of Shemaiah the Prophet. [1] The book is described at 2 Chronicles 12:15:
Shecaniah or Shechaniah, which means "one intimate with God", is the name of a number of characters mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.. A priest to whom the tenth lot came forth when David divided the priests (1 Chronicles 24:11).
Abtalion and Shemaiah are the first to bear the title darshan, [5] and it was probably by no mere chance that their pupil Hillel was the first to lay down hermeneutic rules for the interpretation of the Midrash; he may have been indebted to his teachers for the tendency toward aggadic interpretation.
See also References A Abagtha See also: Abagtha Abagtha (Hebrew אֲבַגְתָא) was a court official or eunuch of king Ahasuerus who was commanded along with 6 other officials to parade queen Vashti to go before the king. (Esther 1:10) Abda See also: Abda (biblical figure) The name Abda (Hebrew עַבְדָּא) means servant, or perhaps is an abbreviated form of servant of YHWH. There are ...