Samaias
Samaias
(, but v.r. in Tobit , , etc.), a Graecized form for the name SHEMAIAH SEE SHEMAIAH (q.v.): a. a Levite (1Es 1:9), in the reign of Josiah (2Ch 25:9); b. an Israelite (1Es 8:39) of the sons of Adonikam (Ezr 8:13); c. a great personage, father of Ananias and Jonathas (Tob 5:13).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Samaias
SAMAIAS.1. (1Es 1:9) = Shemaiah, 2Ch 35:9. 2. (1Es 8:39) = Shemaiah, Ezr 8:13. 3. (1Es 8:44) = Shemaiah, Ezr 8:15.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Samaias
sa-mayas (, Samaas):
(1) One of the captains over thousands prominent at the Passover of Josiah (1 Esdras 1:9) = Shemaiah in 2Ch 35:9.
(2) One of the heads of families of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra (1 Esdras 8:39) = Shemaiah in Ezr 8:13.
(3) One of the men of understanding whom Ezra commissioned to obtain from Loddeus, the captain, men to execute the priest’s office (1 Esdras 8:44) = Shemaiah in Ezr 8:16 (the King James Version Mamaias).
(4) the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) Shemaiah the great, a kinsman of Tobit and father of Ananias and Jonathan (Tobit 5:13).