Shelemiah - Definition and Meaning, Bible Dictionary

Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Shelemiah

Shelemiah [N] [H] [S]

whom Jehovah repays.

Ezra 10:39 .

The father of Hananiah ( Nehemiah 3:30 ).

A priest in the time of ( Nehemiah 13:13 ).

Father of one of those who accused Jeremiah to Zedekiah ( Jeremiah 37:3 ; 38:1 ).

Father of a captain of the ward ( Jeremiah 37:13 ).

Jeremiah 36:14 .

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

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Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Shelemiah". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Shelemiah

Shelemiah [N] [E] [S]

God is my perfection; my happiness; my peace

Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

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Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Shelemiah'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Shelemiah

Shelemiah [N] [E] [H]

(repaid by Jehovah ).

One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. ( Ezra 10:30 ) (B.C. 458.)
The father of Hananiah. ( Nehemiah 3:30 )
A priest in the time of Nehemiah. ( Nehemiah 13:13 )
The father of Jehueal, or Jucal, in the time of Zedekiah. ( Jeremiah 37:3 )
The father of Irijah, the captain of the ward who arrested Jeremiah. ( Jeremiah 37:13 ) (B.C. before 589.)
The same as Meshelemiah and Shallum, 8. ( 1 Chronicles 26:14 )
Another of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. ( Ezra 10:41 )
Ancestor of Jehudi in the time of Jehoiakim. ( Jeremiah 36:14 )
Son of Abdeel; one of those who received the orders of Jehoiakim to take Baruch and Jeremiah. ( Jeremiah 36:26 ) (B.C. 604.)

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Shelemiah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Shelemiah

SHELEMIAH

shel-e-mi'-a, she-lem'-ya (shelemyah; Codex Vaticanus Selemia, Codex Alexandrinus (Selemias):

(1) One of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:39), called "Selemias" in 1 Esdras 9:34.

(2) Father of Hananiah who restored part of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:30) (Codex Vaticanus Telemia, ..., Telemias).

(3) A priest who was appointed one of the treasurers to distribute the Levitical tithes by Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:13).

(4) The father of Jehucal (or Jucal) in the reign of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 37:3; 38:1; in the second passage the name is Shelemyahu).

(5) The father of Irijah, the captain of the ward, who arrested Jeremiah as a deserter to the Chaldeans (Jeremiah 37:13).

(6) 1 Chronicles 26:14.

See MESHELEMIAH.

(7) Another of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:41). It is of interest to note that the order of names in this passage--Sharai, Azarel, and Shelemiah--is almost identical with the names in Jeremiah 36:26, namely, Seraiah, Azriel, Shelemiah.

(8) Ancestor of Jehudi (Jeremiah 36:14).

(9) Septuagint omits.) Son of Abdeel, one of the men sent by Jehoiakim to seize Baruch and Jeremiah after Baruch had read the "roll" in the king's presence (Jeremiah 36:26).

Horace J. Wolf

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHELEMIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.