Concept

Shema

Name meaning: hearing; obeying (Hitchcock)

Rumour. (1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:8).

(2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:13).

(3.) One who stood by Ezra when he read the law (Neh. 8:4).

(4.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:26); the same as Sheba (ver. 5).

Hebrew & Greek words with this meaning

Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

A Reubenite, ancestor of Bela. (1 Chronicles 5:8) (B.C. before 1090.)

Son of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:13) Probably the same as Shimhi. (B.C. after 1450.)

One of those who stood at Ezra’s right hand when he read the law to the people. (Nehemiah 8:4) (B.C. 458.)

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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