(
Óáìáßò
, but v.r. in Tobit
ÓåìÝáò
,
Óåìåëßáò
, 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).