The Scribe

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The Scribe

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2 Samuel 8:17
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests and Seraiah was the scribe (LXX. Ασα ὁ γραμματεύς)

1 Chronicles 18:16
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe (LXX. Σουσα γραμματεὺς)

2 Samuel 20:25
Sheva (שיא) (LXX. Σουσα) was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests

They are textual difference regarding the name of this particular scribe.

2 Kings 18:18 - Shebna the Scribe
2 Kings 22:9 - Shaphan the scribe
1 Chronicle 24:6 - Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe
Jeremiah 36:20 - Elishama the scribe

The names שיא שבנה שושא שפן שוע שבע שמע are all variants of the same name, the etymology is Σκύμνος (Skymnos); a cub, whelp, esp. a lion's whelp, in poets also of men.

Another variant is Sceva (Σκευᾶ, סקוה , שבע , שבעה) = σκύμνος; a lion's whelp.

Elishama אלישמע = θεού σκύμνος
Shemaiah שמעיה = σκύμνος Διός

1 Kings 12:22
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying

2 Chronicles 12:15,
the book of Shemaiah the prophet

Jeremiah 29:31
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you

2 Chronicles 34:15
Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the Torah in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
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Re: The Scribe

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προφάτας נביא
one who speaks for a god and interprets his will to man.
interpreter, expounder of the utterances of the μάντις

This explains why Moses was never titled prophet because he was the μάντις (משה, מנשה) but his brother was.

Exodus 7:1
The Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

Female Prophets

Strabo 9.2.5
Hence at Dodona it is to the Bœotians only that men deliver oracles. The prophetesses however give a different meaning to the answer of the oracle, and say, that the god enjoins the Bœotians to steal the tripods used at home, and to send them annually to Dodona.

Genesis 31:19
Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the tripods that were her father's.
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