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Roswell D. Hitchcock

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary

New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible (c. 1869) · 2,614 entries on site

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Sem

same as Shem

Shem

name; renown

Shema

hearing; obeying

Shemaiah

that hears or obeys the Lord

Shemariah

God is my guard

Shemeber

name of force; name of the strong

Shemer

guardian; thorn

Shemida

name of knowledge; that puts knowledge

Sheminith

eighth (an eight-stringed instrument)

Shemiramoth

the height of the heavens

Shemuel

appointed by God