Usually means: Prophet in the Hebrew Bible.
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  2. Shemaiah: Wiktionary
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  4. Shemaiah (prophet), Shemaiah: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Shemaiah: Easton Bible
  2. Shemaiah: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Shemaiah)

noun:  (biblical) Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:
noun:  A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
noun:  Neh. 3:29.
noun:  A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).
noun:  A priest (Neh. 12:42).
noun:  A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).
noun:  1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15.
noun:  A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (1 Chr. 15:8).
noun:  A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6).
noun:  The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8).
noun:  A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14).
noun:  A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).
noun:  A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).
noun:  A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32).
noun:  One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8).
noun:  A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15).
noun:  A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9).
noun:  The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20).
noun:  The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).
noun:  A rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in 1st century BC.

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