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שַׁמַּי

sham.mayShammai
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man6 occurrences1 book5 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people in the Bible:
  • Shammai: Son of Onam; father of Nadab and Abishur
  • Shammai: Father of Maon, ancestor of Caleb
  • Shammai: Son of Mered

Definition

from H8073; destructive; Shammai, the name of three Israelites
Traditional renderings: Shammai.

Glossary entries

Shammai

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

6 total
  1. 1 Chronicles 2:28 (2×)שַׁמַּ֣י · Shammai; שַׁמַּ֔י · of Shammai
    The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:32שַׁמַּ֔י · of Shammai
    The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:44שַׁמָּֽי׃ · Shammai
    Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:45שַׁמַּ֖י · of Shammai
    The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
  5. 1 Chronicles 4:17שַׁמַּ֔י · Shammai
    The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.