Bible Person
Meaning: that hears or obeys the Lord · Male · 4 cross references
This Shemaiah entry refers to the priestly or signatory figure in Nehemiah's restoration lists, not the prophet in Rehoboam's reign already separately overridden. He belongs to the covenant-renewing community after exile. First appears in Neh 10:8.1
AI summary: This Shemaiah matters because the cross references place the name within the priests and signers who shape restored worship and covenant identity in Jerusalem. The role is not individually dramatic, but it is part of the communal leadership by which the post-exilic community is stabilized. Taken together, the material presents this Shemaiah as a restoration-era priestly figure in the renewed community.1
Central Figure
Shemaiah
Meaning: that hears or obeys the Lord
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.