Semeias

From Ancient Greek Σᾰμᾰΐᾱς (Samaḯās), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה (shema'yá, Šəmaʿyā́, “Shemaiah”), from שָׁמַע (shamá', šāma, “to hear”) +‎ יָהּ (yáh, Yāh, “two letters of the Tetragrammaton”), literally "God heard".

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈme.i.aːs/, [s̠ɛˈmeiäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈme.i.as/, [seˈmɛːiäs]

Semeïās m sg (genitive Semeïae); first declension

1. (biblical) Shemaiah

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

• H8098 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• Shemaiah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia