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sa-mā´yas (ΣαμαιÌας, SamaıÌas):
(1) One of the “captains over thousands†prominent at the Passover of Josiah (1 Esdras 1:9) = “Shemaiah†in .
(2) One of the heads of families of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra (1 Esdras 8:39) = “Shemaiah†in .
(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 (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).