שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ
Shelemiah
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H8018 appears — 10 distinct verses across 4 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
Ezra 2 verses
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 3:30 שֶׁלֶמְיָ֗ה n Proper After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
- Nehemiah 13:13 שֶׁלֶמְיָ֨ה n Proper I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
Jeremiah 5 verses
- Jeremiah 36:14 שֶׁלֶמְיָ֣הוּ n Proper Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them.
- Jeremiah 36:26 שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֨הוּ֙ n Proper The king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.
- Jeremiah 37:3 שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֗ה n Proper Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.
- Jeremiah 37:13 שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֖ה n Proper When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 38:1 שֶׁ֣לֶמְיָ֔הוּ n Proper Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, שלמיה (Shelemyâh) means “Shelemiah.” Its uses cluster heavily in Jeremiah (50% of all occurrences). With 10 verses in 4 books, it is an uncommon word in the Hebrew Bible. Scripture first uses it in 1 Chronicles 26:14. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8018 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 10
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 10 distinct verses.
- 4 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 4 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #2,342
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 2,342 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 10 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 10 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 5 verses · 50%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 5 verses · 50%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Shelemiah 10×
- American Standard Version: Shelemiah 10×
- Berean Standard Bible: Shelemiah 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Shelemiah 5×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8018 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8018 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8018 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8018 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
11 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 11 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. Jeremiah’s time; Σελεμιου (genit.):
- a. -יָ֫הוּ Je 36:14. e.g. Jeremiah 36:14
- b. יָ֫הוּ v 26. e.g. Jeremiah 36:26
- c. -יָה 37:3, -יָהוּ 38:1. e.g. Jeremiah 37:3
- d. -יָה 37:13. e.g. Jeremiah 37:13
- 2. Levite, -יָהוּ 1 Ch 26:14, τῷ Σαλαμεια, etc., = שַׁלּוּם 12 a, q.v. e.g. 1 Chronicles 26:14
- 3. post-ex. names:
- a. -יָה Ne 3:30, Τελεμια(ς), 𝔊L Σελ´. e.g. Nehemiah 3:30
- b. -יָה Ne 13:13, priest, Σελεμια(ς) (= c or d?). e.g. Nehemiah 13:13
- c. -יָה Ezr 10:39, Σελεμια. e.g. Ezra 10:39
- d. -יָהוּ v 41, 𝔊 id. e.g. Ezra 10:41
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
Derived from שלם (shelem) (H8002) — peace offering.
Forms in the corpus
The 10 distinct written forms H8018 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְ/שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 10:39 | 1 |
| וְ/שֶׁלֶמְיָ֖הוּ | Noun, Proper | Ezra 10:41 | 1 |
| לְ/שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֑הוּ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 26:14 | 1 |
| שֶׁ֣לֶמְיָ֔הוּ | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 38:1 | 1 |
| שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 37:13 | 1 |
| שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 37:3 | 1 |
| שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֨הוּ֙ | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 36:26 | 1 |
| שֶׁלֶמְיָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 3:30 | 1 |
| שֶׁלֶמְיָ֣הוּ | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 36:14 | 1 |
| שֶׁלֶמְיָ֨ה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 13:13 | 1 |
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Shelemiah). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Whom Jehovah repays. (1.) Ezra 10:39.
(2.) The father of Hananiah (Neh. 3:30).
(3.) A priest in the time of Nehemiah (13:13).
(4.) Father of one of those who accused Jeremiah to Zedekiah (Jer. 37:3; 38:1).
(5.) Father of a captain of the ward (Jer. 37:13).
(6.) Jer. 36:14.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(repaid by Jehovah).
+ One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:30) (B.C. 458.) + The father of Hananiah. (Nehemiah 3:30) + A priest in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 13:13) + The father of Jehueal, or Jucal, in the time of Zedekiah. (Jeremiah 37:3) + The father of Irijah, the captain of the ward who arrested Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 37:13) (B.C. before 589.) + The same as Meshelemiah and Shallum, 8. (1 Chronicles 26:14) + Another of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:41) + Ancestor of Jehudi in the time of Jehoiakim. (Jeremiah 36:14) + Son of Abdeel; one of those who received the orders of Jehoiakim to take Baruch and Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 36:26) (B.C. 604.)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
God is my perfection; my happiness; my peace
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 8 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 10 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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