Topic
Semei
4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Luke 3:26Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave An ancestor of Jesus
Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
- Esther 11:2Smith · ISBE
In the second year of the reign of Artexerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardocheus the son of Jairus, the son of Semei, the son of Cisai, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream;
- 1 Esdras 9:33Smith · ISBE
And of the sons of Asom; Altaneus, and Matthias, and Baanaia, Eliphalet, and Manasses, and Semei.
- Ezra 10:33ISBE
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Mentioned in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:26).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- SHIMEI, 14. 1 Esd. 9:33.
- SHIMEI, 16. (Esther 11:2)
- The father of Mattathias in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Luke 3:26)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
sem'-e-i:
(1) (Codex Alexandrinus Semei; Codex Vaticanus Semeei): One of those who put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:33) = "Shimei" "of the sons of Hashum" in Ezr 10:33.
(2) the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) "Semeias" (Additions to Esther 11:2).
(3) the King James Version form of the Revised Version (British and American) "Semein" (Lu 3:26).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → An ancestor of Jesus Lu 3:26
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.