Shema in the Bible

Meaning: hearing; obeying

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And they had for their heritage Beer-sheba and Shema and Moladah

And, Shema, begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam, - and, Rekem, begat Shammai.

and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;

and Beriah, and Shema, who were chief fathers of the inhabitants of Ajalon; they drove away the inhabitants of Gath.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fled

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem was the father of Shammai.


Amam and Shema and Moladah,


and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath;


The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,


Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.


Ezra the scribe stood on a [large] wooden platform which they had constructed for this purpose. And beside him [on the platform] stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left.