Samaias
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sa-ma'-yas (Samaias):

(1) One of the "captains over thousands" prominent at the Passover of Josiah (1 Esdras 1:9) = "Shemaiah" in 2 Chronicles 35:9.

(2) One of the heads of families of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra (1 Esdras 8:39) = "Shemaiah" in Ezra 8:13.

(3) One of the "men of understanding" whom Ezra commissioned to obtain from Loddeus, the captain, men to execute the priest's office (1 Esdras 8:44) = "Shemaiah" in Ezra 8:16 (the King James Version Mamaias).

(4) the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) "Shemaiah the great," a kinsman of Tobit and father of Ananias and Jonathan (Tobit 5:13).

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Samaias
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SAMAIAS. sa-ma'-yas (Samaias): (1) One
of the "captains over thousands" prominent at the Passover ...
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Shemaiah (40 Occurrences)
... (1) Codex Vaticanus Sammaias; Codex Alexandrinus Samaias (2 Chronicles 12:5, 7).
A prophet who, together with Ahijah, protested against Rehoboam's contemplated ...
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Shema (7 Occurrences)
... (3) One of those who stood at Ezra's right during the reading of the Law (Nehemiah
8:4, Samaias). He is called "Sammus" in 1 Esdras 9:43. Horace J. Wolf. ...
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Shimshai (4 Occurrences)
... shim'-shi, shim'-sha-i (shimshay; Codex Vaticanus Samasa, Samae, Sameais Samesa;
Codex Alexandrinus Samsai; Lucian, Samaias, throughout; in 1 Esdras 2:17 he is ...
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Samael

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Omri (16 Occurrences)
... See SAMAIAS and articles by David G. Lyon in Harvard Theological Review,
IV, 1911; JBL, V, xxx, Part I, 1911; PEFS, 1911, 79-83. ...
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Mamaias
Mamaias. Maltreated, Mamaias. Mamdai . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MAMAIAS.
ma-ma'-yas. See SAMAIAS, (3). Maltreated, Mamaias. Mamdai . Reference ...
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Samaria (123 Occurrences)

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