H8060: שַׁמַּי
Shammay · pronounced sham-mah'-ee · “Shammai”
Definition
Shammai, the name of three Israelites
KJV translates it as: Shammai.
Word origin: from H8073 (שַׁמְלַי); destructive;
Extended definition
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.28;
son of: Onam (H0208H);
brother of: Jada (H3047);
father of: Nadab (H5070I) and Abishur (H0051)
§ Shammai = "desolate"
1) a Judaite, son of Onam and descendant of Jerahmeel
2) a Judaite, son of Rekem, father of Maon, and descendant of Jerahmeel's brother, Caleb
3) a Judaite, son of Mered and brother of Miriam and Ishbah
son of: Onam (H0208H);
brother of: Jada (H3047);
father of: Nadab (H5070I) and Abishur (H0051)
§ Shammai = "desolate"
1) a Judaite, son of Onam and descendant of Jerahmeel
2) a Judaite, son of Rekem, father of Maon, and descendant of Jerahmeel's brother, Caleb
3) a Judaite, son of Mered and brother of Miriam and Ishbah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8060 is translated
- shammai ×6
Bible verses with H8060 (Shammay)
Shammay appears in 5 verses.
- 1 Chronicles 2:28
And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:32
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 2:44
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
- 1 Chronicles 2:45
And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth–zur.
- 1 Chronicles 4:17
And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.