Semachiah

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

The sixth son of Shemaiah, listed among the Korahite gatekeepers at the temple (1 Chr 26:7).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Semachiah, Son of Shemaiah

Semachiah, Son of Shemaiah (סְמַכְיָהוּ‎, semakhyahu). The sixth son of Shemaiah, listed among the Korahite gatekeepers at the temple (1 Chr 26:7).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Semachiah (Person)

SEMACHIAH (PERSON) [Heb sĕmakyāhû (סְמַכְיָהוּ)]. This name, which means “Yahweh has supported,” occurs once in the OT. It also appears in a shortened form, smky, in the Elephantine correspondence (CAP , 49.1). (Compare also AHISAMACH.) Named as the sixth and last son of Shemaiah, firstborn of Obed-edom,

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Semachiah

Semachiah. Korathite Levite, Shemaiah’s son and a gatekeeper in the temple (1 Chr 26:7).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Semachiah

Semachiah sem-ə-kīʹə [Heb. s^emaḵyāhû—‘Yahweh has sustained’]. Head of a Korahite family of gatekeepers (1 Ch. 26:7).

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Semachiah, Semakiah

SEMACHIAH*, SEMAKIAH Korahite Levite, Shemaiah’s son and a gatekeeper in the temple (1 Chr 26:7).

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Semachiah

SEMACHIAH. The son of Shemaiah, a Korahite (NASB), he was a gatekeeper of the tabernacle in the days of David (1 Chr 26:1, 7).

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Semachiah

Semachiah (Heb. sĕmaḵyāhû)A levitical gatekeeper, son of Shemaiah and descendant of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:7).

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Semachiah

Semachiah [sĕmˊə kīˊə] (Heb. s^emaḵyāhû “Yahweh has sustained”). One of the Levite gatekeepers who were descendants of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:7).

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Semachiah

Semachi´ah (Jehovah sustains him), one of the sons of Shemaiah , 9. 1 Chron. 26:7.

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary

Semachiah

SEMACHI´AH (sem-a-kīʹa; “Jehovah his sustained”), Semaki´ah (NIV). The last named of the six sons of Shemaiah, the son of Obed-edom (1 Chron. 26:7).

Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Semachiah

SEMACHIAH [sem uh KIGH uh] (the Lord sustains) — a gatekeeper of the tabernacle in the days of David (1 Chr. 26:7).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SEMACHIAH

SEMACHIAH<sem-a-ki’-a> ([סְמַכְיָהוּ‎, cemakhyahu], “Yah has sustained”): A Korahite family of gatekeepers (1 Chronicles 26:7). Perhaps the same name should be substituted for “Ismachiah” in 2 Chronicles 31:13 (see HPN, 291, 295).

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