Hebrew word · H8018

שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ

shelemyahu

Shelemiah

Appears 10 times in 10 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.3;

father of: Jehucal (H3081)

§ Shelemiah = "repaid by Jehovah"

1) a son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

2) another son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

3) father of Hananiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

4) a priest in the time of Nehemiah in charge of the treasury

5) father of Jehucal or Jucal in the time of Zedekiah

6) Levite upon whom the lot for the East Gate fell; in the time of David

6a) also 'Meshelemiah' and 'Shallum'

7) father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Jehudi, who was the messenger sent to Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah

8) son of Abdeel and one the men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch

9) father of Irijah, the captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 26:14 לְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֑הוּ to Shelemiah

    The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.

Ezra · 2

  1. Ezra 10:39 וְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥ה and Shelemiah

    Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,

  2. Ezra 10:41 וְשֶׁלֶמְיָ֖הוּ and Shelemiah

    Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,

Nehemiah · 2

  1. Nehemiah 3:30 שֶׁלֶמְיָ֗ה Shelemiah

    Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, as well as Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his own quarters.

  2. Nehemiah 13:13 שֶׁלֶמְיָ֨ה Shelemiah

    I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

Jeremiah · 5

  1. Jeremiah 36:14 שֶׁלֶמְיָ֣הוּ Shelemiah

    Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.

  2. Jeremiah 36:26 שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֙הוּ֙ Shelemiah

    Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

    Here: Third agent. The name means 'Yah has repaid' or 'Yah has made whole'. It was a common name; this is a different man from the other Shelemiahs in Jeremiah (36:14; 37:3, 13).

  3. Jeremiah 37:3 שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֗ה Shelemiah

    Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

    Here: 'Yahweh has made whole/repaid'. The short form ending -yah is used here instead of -yahu.

  4. Jeremiah 37:13 שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֖ה Shelemiah

    But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

    Here: Irijah's father. The name means roughly 'Yah has repaid / made whole' and was common in late Judah.

  5. Jeremiah 38:1 שֶׁ֣לֶמְיָ֔הוּ Shelemiah

    Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:

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