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Shammai

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(desolated). Three Judahites (1 Chron. 2:28,32,44-45; 4:17²⁸And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. (1 Chronicles 2:28)
³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. (1 Chronicles 2:32)
⁴⁴And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. ⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. (1 Chronicles 2:44‑45)
¹⁷And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. (1 Chronicles 4:17)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Son of Onam, a descendant of Judah (1 Chron. 2:28, 32²⁸And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. (1 Chronicles 2:28)
³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. (1 Chronicles 2:32)).

2. Son of Rekem, and father or founder of Maon (1 Chron. 2:44-45⁴⁴And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. ⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. (1 Chronicles 2:44‑45)).

3. Brother of Miriam, in an obscure genealogy of Judah (1 Chron. 4:17¹⁷And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. (1 Chronicles 4:17)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8060 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Shammay

Phonic:

sham-mah’-ee

Meaning:

from 8073; destructive; Shammai, the name of three Israelites

KJV Usage:

Shammai

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

my desolations

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The astonishment of God; my name; destructive:―name of three Israelites, 1 Chron. 2:28. {Stupor Domini}