The meaning of Samellius in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
sa-mel'-i-us (Codex Vaticanus Samellios; Codex Alexandrinus Sebellios, al Semellios; the King James Version Semellius): "Samellius the scribe," one of those who wrote a letter of protest to Artaxerxes against the building of Jerusalem by the returned exiles (1 Esdras 2:16-17,25,30) = "Shimshai" in Ezra 4:8.
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