Dict: smith - SHEM

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SHEM - S>@ - (name), the eldest son of Noah. kjv@Genesis:5:32) He was 98 years old, married, and childless at the time of the flood. After it, he, with his father, brothers, sisters-in-law and wife, received the blessing of God, kjv@Genesis:9:1) and entered into the covenant. With the help of his brother Japheth, he covered the nakedness of their father and received the first blessing. kjv@Genesis:9:25-27) He died at the age of 630 years. The portion of the earth occupied by the descendants of Shem, kjv@Genesis:10:21-31) begins at its northwestern extremity with Lydia, and includes Syria (Aram), Chaldaea (Arphaxad), parts Of Assyria (Asshur), of Persia (Elam), and of the Arabian peninsula (Joktan). Modern scholars have given the name of Shemitic or Semitic to the languages spoken by his real or supposed descendants. HEBREW LANGUAGE

SHEMA - S>@ - A Reubenite, ancestor of Bela. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:8) (B.C. before 1090.) Son of Elpaal. ( kjv@1Chronicles: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. kjv@Nehemiah:8:4) (B.C. 458.) kjv@Joshua:15:26) SHEBA

SHEMAAH - S>@ - (the rumor), a Benjamite of Gibeah, and father of Ahiezer and Joash. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:3) (B.C. before 1054.)

SHEMAIAH - S>@ - (heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (Kings:12:22; kjv@2Chronicles:11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam’s reign. ( kjv@2Chronicles:12:5 kjv@2Chronicles:12:15) The son of Shechaniah, among the descendants of Zerubbabel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:23; kjv@Nehemiah:3:28) A prince of the tribe of Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:27) Son of Joel, Reubenite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:4) (B.C. after 1706.) Son of Hasshub, a Merarite Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:14; kjv@Nehemiah:11:15) Father of Obadiah or Abda, a Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:16) Son of Elizaphan, and chief of his house in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:8 kjv@1Chronicles:15:11) (B.C. 1043.) A Levite, son of Nethaneel and also a scribe in the time of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:6) (B.C. 1014.) The eldest son of Obed-edom the Gittite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:4-6-7) (B.C. 1014.) A descendant of Jeduthun the singer who lived in the reign of Hezekiah ( kjv@2Chronicles:29:14) One of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:5:13) One of Ezra’s messengers. kjv@Ezra:8:16) A priest of the family of Harim, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra’s bidding. kjv@Ezra:10:21) (B.C. 455.) A layman of Israel son of another Harim, who had also married a foreigner. kjv@Ezra:10:31) (B.C. 458.) Son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, a prophet in the time of Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:6:10) (B.C. 446.) The head of a priestly house who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:8 kjv@Nehemiah:12:6 kjv@Nehemiah:12:18) (B.C. 410.) One of the princes of Judah at the time of the dedication of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:12:34) One of the choir on the same occasion. kjv@Nehemiah:12:38) A priest. kjv@Nehemiah:12:42) A false prophet in the time of Jeremiah. kjv@Jeremiah:29:24-32) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat. ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:8) (B.C. 909.) A Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:31:15) (B.C. 726.) A Levite in the reign of Josiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:35:9) (B.C. 628.) The father of Urijah of Kirjath-jearim. kjv@Jeremiah:26:20) (B.C. before 608.) The father of Delaiah. kjv@Jeremiah:36:12) (B.C. before 605.)

SHEMARIAH - S>@ - (kept by Jehovah). A Benjamite warrior who came to David at Ziklag. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:5) (B.C. 1054.) One of the family of Harim, a lay man of Israel who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra. kjv@Ezra:10:32) (B.C. 658.) Another who did the same. kjv@Ezra:10:41)

SHEMEBER - S>@ - (lofty flight), king of Zeboim, and ally of the king of Sodom when he was attacked by Chedorlaomer. (B.C. 1912.)

SHEMER - S>@ - (preserved), the owner of the hill on which the city of Samaria was built. (Kings:16:24) (B.C. 917.) SAMARIA

SHEMIDA - S>@ - (wise), a son of Gilead. kjv@Numbers:26:32; kjv@Joshua:17:2) (B.C. after 1690.)

SHEMIDAH - S>@ - Shemida the son of Gilead. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:19)

SHEMIDAITES, THE - S>@ - the descendants of Shemida the son of Gilead. kjv@Numbers:26:32)

SHEMINITH - S>@ - (eighth), a musical term found in the title of kjv@Psalms:6:1) A similar direction is found in the title of kjv@Psalms:12:1) Comp. 1Chr 15:21 It seems most probable that Sheminith denotes a certain air known as the eighth, or a certain key in which the psalm was to be sung.

SHEMITIC LANGUAGES - S>@ - the family of languages spoken by the descendants of Shem, chiefly the Hebrew, Chaldaic, Assyrian, Arabic Phoenician and Aramaic or Syriac. The Jews in their earlier history spoke the Hebrew, but in Christ’s time they spoke the Aramaic, sometimes called the Syro
- Chaldaic.

SHEMUEL - S>@ - (heard by God). A commissioner appointed from the tribe of Simeon to divide the land of Canaan. kjv@Numbers:34:20) (B.C. 1450.) Samuel the prophet. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:33) Son of Tola, and one of the chiefs of the tribe of Issachar, ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:2) (B.C. 1014.)