Samaias
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
SAMAIAS . 1 . ( 1E Esther 1:9 ) = Shemaiah , 2 Chronicles 35:9 . 2 Chronicles 35:2 . ( 1Es 8:39 ) = Shemaiah , Ezra 8:13 . Ezra 8:3 . ( 1Es 8:44 ) = Shemaiah , Ezra 8:15 .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
sa - mā´yas ( Σαμαίας , Samaı́as ):
(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 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Σαμαίς, but v.r. in Tobit Σεμέας, Σεμελίας, etc.), a Graecized form for the name SHEMAIAH (See Shemaiah) (q.v.): a. a Levite (1 Esdras 1:9), in the reign of Josiah (2 Chronicles 25:9); b. an Israelite (1 Esdras 8:39) of the "sons" of Adonikam (Ezra 8:13); c. a "great" personage, father of Ananias and Jonathas (Tobit 5:13).
