Shammai

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  1 Chronicles 2:28;  1 Chronicles 2:32.

2. Of Maon ( 1 Chronicles 2:44-45).  1 Chronicles 2:3. Brother of Miriam and Ishbah, all three being sons of" Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took" (these words ought to be transposed after "Jalon":  1 Chronicles 4:17-18). (See Bithiah ; MERED; JEHUDIJAH.)

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Onam, a descendant of Judah.  1 Chronicles 2:28,32 .

2. Son of Rekem, and father or founder of Maon.   1 Chronicles 2:44,45 .

3. Brother of Miriam, in an obscure genealogy of Judah.   1 Chronicles 4:17 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sham'ma-i. (Desolate).

1. The son of Onam.  1 Chronicles 2:28;  1 Chronicles 2:32.

2. Son of Rekem.  1 Chronicles 2:445.

3. One of the descendants of Judah.  1 Chronicles 4:17.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Shammai . 1 . A Jerahmeelite (  1 Chronicles 2:28 ). 2 . The ‘son’ of Rekem and ‘father’ of Maon (  1 Chronicles 2:44 f.). 3 . A Judahite (  1 Chronicles 4:17 ).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 2:32 2 1 Chronicles 2:44 3 1 Chronicles 4:17

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

[many Sham'mai] (Heb. Shammay', שִׁמִּי, Desolate ; Sept.  1 Chronicles 2:28 Σαμμαϊ v; but  1 Chronicles 2:32 Ἀχισαμμά [combining Ahi with Shammai ];  1 Chronicles 2:44 Σεμαά; 4:17 Σεμμαϊ v, v.r. Σαμμαά, Σαμαϊ v, Σεμεϊ v ), the name of three men.

1. The elder of two sons of Onam, of the tribe of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:28;  1 Chronicles 2:32). B.C. cir. 1618.

2. Son of Rekem and father (founder) of Maon, of the tribe of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:44-45). B.C. post 1618.

3. Sixth child of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah, by a first wife ( 1 Chronicles 4:17). B.C. post 1618. He was possibly the same called Shimon (q.v.) in  1 Chronicles 4:20. "Rabbi D. Kimchi conjectures that these were the children of Mered by his Egyptian wife Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh. SEE MERED. The Sept. makes Jether the father of all three. The tradition in the Quoest. In Libr. Paral. identifies Shammai with Moses, and Ishbah with Aaron."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sham´ā́ - ı̄ , sham´ı̄ ( שׁמּי , shammay ):

(1) A J erahmeelite ( 1 Chronicles 2:28 ,  1 Chronicles 2:32 ).

(2) The son of Rekem and father of Maon ( 1 Chronicles 2:44 ff).

(3) A J udahite ( 1 Chronicles 4:17 ).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

An eminent Jewish rabbi of the time of Herod, who held the position of supreme judge in the Sanhedrim under the presidency of Hillel ( q. v .), and whose narrow, rigid orthodoxy and repressive policy became the leading principles of his school, "the House of Shammai," which, however, carried the system to a pitch of fanatical zeal not contemplated by its originator.