Definition of "Shemaiah"

(biblical) Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

1. A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).  examples

2. Neh. 3:29.  examples

3. A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).  examples

4. A priest (Neh. 12:42).  examples

5. A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).  examples

6. 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15.  examples

7. 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).  examples

8. A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6).  examples

9. The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8).  examples

10. A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14).  examples

11. A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).  examples

12. A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).  examples

13. A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32).  examples

14. One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8).  examples

15. A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15).  examples

16. A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9).  examples

17. The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20).  examples

18. The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).  examples

19. A rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in 1st century BC.  examples