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.