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

se-me-i'-as (Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Semeias; Codex Vaticanus Semeeias; the King James Version Semei): An ancestor of Mordecai (Additions to Esther 11:2) = "Shimei" (Es 2:5).