Word Study · Strong's H8060 · Hebrew
שַׁמַּי
Shammay
sham-mah'-ee
“Shammai, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shammai, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Shammai.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- שַׁמַּ֔י3
- שַׁמַּ֣י1
- שַׁמַּ֖י1
- שַׁמָּֽי׃1
How it is rendered · 1
- Shammai6
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)6
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- HNpm · 6
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
1 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:28שַׁמַּ֣יshamaiproper noun (a name)The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai:here: Shammai
- 1 Chronicles 2:28שַׁמַּ֔יshamaiproper noun (a name)The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai:here: Shammai
- 1 Chronicles 2:32שַׁמַּ֔יshamaiproper noun (a name)The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.here: Shammai
- 1 Chronicles 2:44שַׁמָּֽי׃shamaiproper noun (a name)Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.here: Shammai
- 1 Chronicles 2:45שַׁמַּ֖יshamaiproper noun (a name)The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.here: Shammai
- 1 Chronicles 4:17שַׁמַּ֔יshamaiproper noun (a name)The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.here: Shammai