Hebrew word · H8051

שַׁמּוּעַ

shamua'

Shammua

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.5.14;

son of: David (H1732) and Bathsheba (H1339);

brother of: Shobab (H7727), Nathan (H5416) and Solomon (H8010);

half-brother of: Amnon (H0550), Chileab (H3609), Absalom (H0053), Adonijah (H0138), Shephatiah (H8203), Ithream (H3507), Ibhar (H2984), Elishua (H0474), Nepheg (H5298H), Japhia (H3309I), Elishama (H0476H), Eliada (H0450), Eliphelet (H0467), Tamar (H8559H), Elpelet (H0467I), Nogah (H5052) and Jerimoth (H3406N); also called Shimea at 1Ch.3.5;

Also named: shim.ah, shim.a (שִׁמְעָא, שִׁמְעָה "Shimea" H8092J)

§ Shammua = "renowned"

1) son of Zaccur and the spy from the tribe of Reuben

2) son of David by his wife Bathsheba

2a) also 'Shammuah' and 'Shimea'

3) aLevite, son of Galal and father of Abda who lived in Jerusalem after the return from exile in the time of Nehemiah

3a) also 'Shemaiah'

4) a priest, head of the family of Bilgah in the time of Joiakim after the return from exile

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

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 13:4 שַׁמּ֖וּעַ Shammua

    and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 5:14 שַׁמּ֣וּעַ Shammua

    These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 14:4 שַׁמּ֣וּעַ Shammua

    These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Nehemiah · 2

  1. Nehemiah 11:17 שַׁמּ֔וּעַ Shammua

    Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

  2. Nehemiah 12:18 שַׁמּ֔וּעַ Shammua

    of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;

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