Meaning
Samaias sa-ma'-yas (Samaias):
(1) One of the "captains over thousands" prominent at the Passover of Josiah (Esdras 1:9) = "Shemaiah" in 2Ch 35:9.
(2) One of the heads of families of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra (Esdras 8:39) = "Shemaiah" in Ezr 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 (Esdras 8:44) = "Shemaiah" in Ezr 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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