Shemida
שְׁמִידָע/sheh-MY-dah/
“Fame of knowing or wise”
Summary
A son of Gilead and ancestor of one of the clans of Manasseh, the Shemidaites, who received an allotment in the promised land.
☩Genealogy and Clan
Shemida was one of the sons of Gilead, grandson of Manasseh. He became the progenitor of the family of the Shemidaites, one of the six main clans within the tribe of Manasseh. His descendants received their territorial allotment among the male descendants of Manasseh west of the Jordan. Three of his sons are named in the genealogies.
Key verses:Numbers 26:32Joshua 17:21 Chronicles 7:19
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Shemida," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Shemida; Shemidah; Shemidaites," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. IV (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Shemida," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).