Also unto Shemaiah
Shma`yah (shem-aw-yaw')
Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites -- Shemaiah.
his son
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
were sons
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
born
yalad (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
that ruled
mimshal (mim-shawl')
a ruler or (abstractly) rule -- dominion, that ruled.
throughout the house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of their father
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
for they were mighty men
gibbowr (ghib-bore')
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant -- champion, chief, excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
of valour
chayil (khah'-yil)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
