Semeias

From Ancient Greek Σᾰμᾰΐᾱς (Sămăḯās), 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 Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈme.i.aːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈmɛː.i.as]

Semeïās m sg (genitive Semeïae); first declension

1. (biblical) Shemaiah

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

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

• Shemaiah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia