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HebrewH8093Proper Noun (Masculine)

שִׁמְעָה

shim.ah

3Occurrences
H8093Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shimah, an Israelite

feminine of H8088 (שֵׁמַע); annunciation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Jesse (H3448); brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J); father of: Jonadab (H3122); also called Shimei (KJV: Shimea) at ; Shammah at ; Shimea at ; § Shimeah = "fame" 1) brother of David, the 3rd son of a) also 'Shammah', and 'Shimma'

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שִׁמְעָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
3

Key Passages

2 Samuel 13:3BSB

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

2 Samuel 13:32BSB

But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 21:21BSB

and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.