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HebrewH8113Proper Noun (Masculine)

שִׁמְרִי

shim.ri

4Occurrences
H8113Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shimri, the name of four Israelites

from H8105 (שֶׁמֶר) in its original sense; watchful;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Simeon(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Shemaiah (H8098C); father of: Jedaiah (H3042) § Shimri = "vigilant" 1) a Simeonite, son of Shemaiah and father of Jedaiah 2) father of Jediael, one of David's mighty warriors 3) a Merarite Levite, son of ) a Kohathite Levite of the sons of Elizaphan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שִׁמְרִי appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:45BSB

Jediael son of Shimri and his brother Joha the Tizite,

1 Chronicles 26:10BSB

Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

1 Chronicles 4:37BSB

and Ziza son of Shiphi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah).

2 Chronicles 29:13BSB

Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites;Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;

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