Shema (Person)

This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:

1. Judahite, Hebron’s son and a descendant of Caleb (1 Chr 2:43–44).→ View encyclopedia entry

2. Reubenite and Joel’s son (1 Chr 5:8). He is perhaps identifiable with Shemaiah or Shimei in 1 Chronicles 5:4.→ View encyclopedia entry

3. Benjaminite and head of a family in Aijalon, who helped defeat the inhabitants of Gath (1 Chr 8:13).→ View encyclopedia entry

4. Levite who explained to the people passages from the law read by Ezra (Neh 8:4).→ View encyclopedia entry

From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scripture References (5)

1 Chronicles

2:43 5:4 5:8 8:13

Nehemiah