McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Semei

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Semei


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( Óåìåú v), the Graecized form apparently of two Hebrew names:

1. SHIMEI SEE SHIMEI (q.v.), spoken of as (a) one of the “sons of Asom” (1Es_9:33), i.e. of Hashum (Ezr_10:33); (b) the son of Cisai and father of Jairus, among the ancestors of Mordecai (Esther 11:2. Óåìåú v áò )..

2. The son of Joseph and father of Mattathias in our Lord's genealogy (Luk_3:26, v.r. Óåìååßí ), probably SHEMAIAH SEE SHEMAIAH (q.v.), the son of Shechaniah and father of Neariah (1Ch_3:22).