Every Name in Tanakh

שַׁמּוּעַ Shammua

Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 416×5 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 13:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 14:4.

Numbers 13:4במדבר יג:ד

וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹתָם לְמַטֵּה רְאוּבֵן שַׁמּוּעַ בֶּן־זַכּֽוּר

And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

2 Samuel 5:14שמואל ב ה:יד

וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת הַיִּלֹּדִים לוֹ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם שַׁמּוּעַ וְשׁוֹבָב וְנָתָן וּשְׁלֹמֹֽה

And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon;

Nehemiah 11:17נחמיה יא:יז

וּמַתַּנְיָה בֶן־מִיכָה בֶּן־זַבְדִּי בֶן־אָסָף רֹאשׁ הַתְּחִלָּה יְהוֹדֶה לַתְּפִלָּה וּבַקְבֻּקְיָה מִשְׁנֶה מֵאֶחָיו וְעַבְדָּא בֶּן־שַׁמּוּעַ בֶּן־גָּלָל בֶּן־ידיתון

and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

1 Chronicles 14:4דברי הימים א יד:ד

וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת הַיְלוּדִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ־לוֹ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם שַׁמּוּעַ וְשׁוֹבָב נָתָן וּשְׁלֹמֹֽה

And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Shammua?

Shammua — שמוע in Hebrew — has a gematria of 416 in the standard method.

How many times is Shammua named in the Tanakh?

5 times, first at Numbers 13:4.

A spelling is not a name. The written word שמוע stands 20 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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