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 fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem fathered 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] the heads of the {families} of the inhabitants of Aijalon (they themselves chased 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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Hebron's descendants were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema fathered Raham, who fathered Jorkeam.


Amam, Shema, Moladah,


Beriah and Shema, leaders of ancestral households in Aijalon who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath,


Joel's descendants were his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,


and Azaz's son Bela, grandson of Shema, and great-grandson of Joel, who lived in Aroer, near Nebo and Baal-meon.


Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden rostrum erected for that purpose. Beside him to his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maasseiah. Beside him to his left stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.


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