Shemaiah, a name which in Hebrew (שמע-יה ''shema-Ya'') means "God Heard", may refer to: *

Shmaya (tanna) Shemaiah ( he, שְׁמַעְיָה, ''Šəmaʿyā''; grc-koi, Σαμαίᾱς, ''Samaíās''), or Shmaya in Modern Hebrew) was a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era who lived at the same time as Abtalion. They are known as one of the ...

, rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in the 1st century BC * Any of several people in the Bible/Christian Old Testament; see

List of people in the Hebrew Bible called Shemaiah Shemaiah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Hebrew: שמעיה ''shemayah'' "God Heard"): *a Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his relatives took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (I Chronicles ...

Shemaiah (exilarch) Shemaiah, a name which in Hebrew (שמע-יה ''shema-Ya'') means "God Heard", may refer to: * Shmaya (tanna), rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in the 1st century BC * Any of several people in the Bible/Christian Old Testament; see ...

, alleged exilarch mentioned in the Seder Olam Zuta, probably sometime in the early 2nd century BC

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