שִׁמְעִי
shim.iProper Noun (Masculine)H8096
Shimei
From: from H8088 (שֵׁמַע); famous;
Short Definition
Shimi, the name of twenty Israelites
Full Lexicon Entry
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Gershon (H1648); brother of: Libni (H3845G); father of: Jahath (H3189I), Zizah (H2126), Jeush (H3266J) and Beriah (H1283J) Also named: shim.i (*שִׁמְעִי *"Shimeite" H8097) § Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = "renowned" 1) a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of ) a Benjamite, son of Elah and commissariat officer in the time of Solomon 3) the Ramathite in charge of the vineyards of ) son of Gershon and grandson of ) a Levite, son of Jeduthun and chief of the 10th division of singers in the time of ) a Levite of the sons of Heman who took part in the purification of the temple in the time of king Hezekiah of ) a Levite, brother of Cononiah in charge of receiving the tithes and offerings in the reign of king Hezekiah of ) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of ) a Judaite, son of Pedaiah and brother of Zerubbabel 10) a Simeonite, son of Zacchur 11) a Reubenite, son of Gog and father of ) one of the sons of Hashum who had a foreign wife in the time of ) one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of ) a Benjamite, son of Kish, father of Jair, and grandfather of Mordecai in the time of Esther 15) a Levite, son of Jahath, grandson of Gershon, and great grandson of ) Benjamite, father of Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. Spelled 'Shimhi'
Grammar
Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology N:N-M-P
DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
32 timesAppears 32 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
1 Chronicles
10
1 Kings
10
2 Chronicles
3
2 Samuel
3
Ezra
3
Key Passages
- 1 Chronicles 23:7
- 1 Chronicles 4:26
- 1 Kings 2:36
- 1 Kings 2:44
- 2 Samuel 16:7
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