Semachiah (Hastings' Dictionary)

The name of a Korahite family of gatekeepers, 1 Ch 26' (B ^apx^ii, A Sa;iax'as). It is not improbable that the same name should be substituted for Ismachiah ('■"'""V 'J" sustaineth' ; B ^a/xaxeii, A 2a^Laxili) in 2 Ch 31". See Gray, HPi\ 291, 295. SEMEI (B Zfiutt, A le/iel), 1 Es 9«'=Shimei of the sons of Hashum, Ezr 10^. SEMEIA3 (B SfAitetas, sA Zt^ela^ ; AV Semei), Ad. Est 11' (LXX, A') = Shimei, the ancestor of Mordecai ; of. Est 2°. SEMEIN (B SfM"'". A Xefuel ; AV Semei), Lk S'".

— The father of Mattatbias in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. SEMEIS (B Zevaftt, A ZtfuU ; AV Semis), 1 Es 9'" = Shimei the Levite, Ezr 10^.