Bible Person

Shemaiah

Meaning: that hears or obeys the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Shemaiah entry refers to the father of the prophet Urijah in Jeremiah 26:20, not to the Simeonite ancestor, the Levitical scribe, the teaching Levite, or the false prophet. He belongs to the family background of another prophetic voice in Jeremiah's era. First appears in Jer 26:20.1

AI summary: This Shemaiah matters because his single cross reference supports the identity of a prophet who speaks in Jeremiah's time and suffers for it. Even a brief paternal notice helps root prophetic witness in remembered households. Taken together, the material presents this Shemaiah as a familial source in the background of Urijah the prophet.1

Central Figure

Shemaiah

Meaning: that hears or obeys the Lord

The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer.

Children