Shammûwaʻ — H8051

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shammua, the name of four Israelites

1. Shammua = "renowned"
2. son of Zaccur and the spy from the tribe of Reuben
3. son of David by his wife Bathsheba
1. also 'Shammuah' and 'Shimea'
4. aLevite, son of Galal and father of Abda who lived in Jerusalem after the return from exile in the time of Nehemiah
1. also 'Shemaiah'
5. a priest, head of the family of Bilgah in the time of Joiakim after the return from exile

Usually translated as

Shammua, Shammuah

Origin

from H8074; renowned

• Derived from Shâmêm (H8074)

Occurrences

Shammûwaʻ occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (2)

• Numbers 13:4 — And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua (שַׁמּ֖וּעַ) the son of Zaccur.
• 2 Samuel 5:14 — And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua (שַׁמּ֣וּעַ), and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
• 1 Chronicles 14:4 — Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua (שַׁמּ֣וּעַ), and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
• Nehemiah 11:17 — And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua (שַׁמּ֔וּעַ), the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
• Nehemiah 12:18 — Of Bilgah, Shammua (שַׁמּ֔וּעַ); of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;