Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Nehelamite, the

the designation of a man named Shemaiah, a false prophet, who went with the captivity to Babylon. (Jeremiah 29:24,31,32) The name is no doubt formed from that either of Shemaiah’s native place or the progenitor of his family which of the two is uncertain.

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.