name of knowledge; that puts knowledge
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
SHEMIDA.A son of Gilead, according to Num_26:32 [P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ]; called in Jos_17:2 [JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] ] a son of Manasseh; his descendants are enumerated in 1Ch_7:19. The gentilic name Shemidaites occurs in Num_26:32.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
SHEMIDAH (1Ch_7:19). Son of Gilead; ancestor of the SHEMIDAITES (Num_26:32), who obtained their lot among the male children of Manasseh (Jos_17:2).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Shemi'da. (wise). A son of Gilead. Num_26:32; Jos_17:2. (B.C. after 1690).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
(Heb. Shemida', שְׁמַידָע. fame of knowing, i.e. wise; Sept. Σεμιρά, v.r. Συμαρίμ, Συμαέρ. etc.), one of the sons of Gilead (Jos_17:2), fifth named among the six, and progenitor of the family of the Shemidaites (Num_26:32). His three sons are mentioned (1Ch_2:19, A.V. Shemidah). B.C. post 1856
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.