Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8051: שַׁמּוּעַ

Shammûwaʻ · pronounced sham-moo'-ah · “Shammua”

Definition

Shammua, the name of four Israelites

KJV translates it as: Shammua, Shammuah.

Word origin: from H8074 (שָׁמֵם); renowned;

Extended definition

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.13.4;
son of: Zaccur (H2139)
§ Shammua = "renowned"
1) son of Zaccur and the spy from the tribe of Reuben
2) son of David by his wife Bathsheba
2a) also 'Shammuah' and 'Shimea'
3) aLevite, son of Galal and father of Abda who lived in Jerusalem after the return from exile in the time of Nehemiah
3a) also 'Shemaiah'
4) a priest, head of the family of Bilgah in the time of Joiakim after the return from exile

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8051 is translated

  • shammua ×5

Bible verses with H8051 (Shammûwaʻ)

Shammûwaʻ appears in 5 verses.

  • Numbers 13:4

    And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

  • 2 Samuel 5:14

    And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

  • 1 Chronicles 14:4

    Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, 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, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

  • Nehemiah 12:18

    Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;