Dictionaries :: Shema

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shema:

rumour. (1.) A Reubenite (1Ch 5:8).

(2.) A Benjamite (1Ch 8:13).

(3.) One who stood by Ezra when he read the law (Neh 8:4).

(4.) A town in the south of Judah (Jos 15:26); the same as Sheba (ver. 5).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Shema:

hearing; obeying

Nave's Topical Bible

Shema: 1. A City of the Tribe of Judah

Jos 15:26

Shema: 2. A Son of Hebron

1Ch 2:43, 44

Shema: 3. Son of Joel

1Ch 5:8

Called SHEMAIAH,

1Ch 5:4.

Shema: 4. A Benjamite

1Ch 8:13

Shema: 5. A Man Who Stood at the Right Hand of Ezra

When he read the law to the people,

Neh 8:4.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shema:

(1.) A Reubenite, ancestor of Bela (1 Chronicles 5:8). (B.C. before 1090)

(2.) Son of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:13). Probably the same as Shimhi. (B.C. after 1450) SEE [SHIMHI].

(3.) One of those who stood at Ezra's right hand when he read the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4). (B.C. 458)

(4.) Joshua 15:26. SEE [SHEBA].