Ishmaiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name יִשְׁמַעְיָה
יִשְׁמַעְיָה
Ishmaiah means Jah will hear.
Built from
שָׁמַע shâmaʻ — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc open in the lexicon ›
יָהּ Yâhh — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
or יִשְׁמַעְיָהוּlemma יְשְׁמַעְיָהוּ first vowel, corrected to יִשְׁמַעְיָהוּ; from H8085 and H3050; Jah will hear; Jishmajah, the name of two Israelites.
First appearance
1Chr 12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,