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Meaning of Shemaiah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ʃɛmɛˈjɑː/

Definitions

  1. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:
  2. A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
  3. Neh. 3:29.
  4. A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).
  5. A priest (Neh. 12:42).
  6. A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).
  7. 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15.
  8. A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (1 Chr. 15:8).
  9. A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6).
  10. The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8).
  11. A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14).
  12. A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).
  13. A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).
  14. A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32).
  15. One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8).
  16. A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15).
  17. A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9).
  18. The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20).
  19. The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).
  20. A rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in 1st century BC.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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