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Hebrew: 1083 -- Occurrence 3 of 3">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְבִלְגָּ֣ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/levilgah_1083.htm" title="le·vil·Gah: of Bilgah -- Occurrence 2 of 2.">lə-ḇil-gāh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of Bilgah</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8051.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8051: Shammua = 'renowned'<BR> 1) son of Zaccur and the spy from the tribe of Reuben <BR> 2) son of David by his wife Bathsheba <BR> 2a) also 'Shammuah' and 'Shimea'<BR> 3) aLevite, son of Galal and father of Abda who lived in Jerusalem after the return from exile in the time of Nehemiah <BR> 3a) also 'Shemaiah' <BR> 4) a priest, head of the family of Bilgah in the time of Joiakim after the return from exile">8051</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8051.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8051 -- Occurrence 5 of 5">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">שַׁמּ֔וּעַ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/shammua_8051.htm" title="sham·Mu·a',: Shammua -- Occurrence 5 of 5.">šam-mū-a‘,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Shammua</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - proper - masculine singular">N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8098.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8098: Shemaiah = 'heard by Jehovah'<BR> 1) a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah <BR> 2) the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah <BR> 3) father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah <BR> 4) an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah <BR> 5) a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel <BR> 6) a Simeonite, father of Shimri <BR> 7) a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of Gog <BR> 8) a Merarite Levite, son of Hasshub in the time of Nehemiah <BR> 9) a Levite, son of Galal and father of Obadiah <BR> 10) a Levite and head of the family of the sons of Elizaphan who were commissioned to bring the ark to Jerusalem in the time of David <BR> 11) a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David <BR> 12) a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David <BR> 13) a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah <BR> 14) a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo <BR> 15) a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah <BR> 16) a Levite, one of several in charge of distributing the free will offerings brought to God to their Levite brethren in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah <BR> 17) a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah <BR> 18) head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra <BR> 19) a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra <BR> 20) an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra <BR> 21) son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah <BR> 22) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall <BR> 23) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel <BR> 24) a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah <BR> 25) grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah <BR> 26) another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah">8098</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8098.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8098 -- Occurrence 31 of 41">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/lishmayah_8098.htm" title="lish·ma'·Yah: of Shemaiah -- Occurrence 2 of 2.">liš-ma‘-yāh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of Shemaiah</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3083.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3083: Jonathan or Jehonathan = 'Jehovah has given'<BR> 1) a son of king Saul and a friend of David <BR> 2) a son of the high priest Abiathar and the last descendant of Eli of whom we hear <BR> 3) a nephew of David who like David slew a giant of Gath <BR> 4) an uncle of David <BR> 5) one of David's mighty warriors <BR> 6) one of David's treasurers <BR> 7) a scribe in the time of Jeremiah <BR> 8) a Levite and father of Zechariah, a priest who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the wall <BR> 9) a son or descendant of Gershom, the son of Moses, and a priest to the tribe of Dan <BR> 10) a son of Kareah and a brother of Johanan; a Judaite captain after the fall of Jerusalem <BR> 11) another Judaite father of Peleth <BR> 12) father of Ebed in the time of Ezra <BR> 13) son of Asahel in the time of Ezra <BR> 14) a priest of the family of Melicu in the time of Nehemiah <BR> 15) son of Joiada and his successor to the high priesthood in the time of Nehemiah">3083</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3083.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3083 -- Occurrence 77 of 80">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yehonatan_3083.htm" title="ye·ho·na·Tan.: Jehonathan -- Occurrence 60 of 63.">yə-hō-w-nā-ṯān.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Jonathan</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - proper - masculine 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class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8051.htm" title="sham·mu·a',: Shammua -- 8051: three Israelites">שַׁמּ֔וּעַ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8098.htm" title="lish·ma'·yah: of Shemaiah -- 8098: Yah hears,' the name of a number of Isr.">לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3083.htm" title="ye·ho·v·na·tan.: Jehonathan -- 3083: the LORD has given,' the name of a number of Isr.">יְהֹונָתָֽן׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/nehemiah/12.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1083.htm" title="Bilgah (bil-gaw') -- Bilgah">Of Bilgah</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8051.htm" title="Shammuwa' (sham-moo'-ah) -- Shammua, Shammuah">Shammua</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8098.htm" title="Shma'yah (shem-aw-yaw') -- Shemaiah">of Shemaiah</a> <a 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Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/12.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Shammua of Bilgah, Jehonathan of Shemaiah, <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">Shemaiah.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/nehemiah/12-6.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Nehemiah 12:6</span> Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/nehemiah/12-18.htm">Nehemiah 12:18</a> • <a href="/niv/nehemiah/12-18.htm">Nehemiah 12:18 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/12-18.htm">Nehemiah 12:18 NLT</a> 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