Word Study · Strong's H8051 · Hebrew
שַׁמּוּעַ
Shammua
sham-moo'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shammûwaʻ
“Shammua, the name of four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shammua, the name of four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Shammua, Shammuah.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- שַׁמּ֣וּעַ2
- שַׁמּ֔וּעַ2
- שַׁמּ֖וּעַ1
How it is rendered · 1
- Shammua5
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)5
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- HNpm · 5
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Where this word lives
Nehemiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers1 occurrence
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 11:17שַׁמּ֔וּעַshamua'proper noun (a name)Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.here: Shammua
- Nehemiah 12:18שַׁמּ֔וּעַshamua'proper noun (a name)of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;here: Shammua