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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

sam'-us (Codex Alexandrinus Sammous; Codex Vaticanus Sammou): One of those who stood on Ezra's right hand as he expounded the Law (1 Esdras 9:43) = "Shema" in Ne 8:4.