Shimʻâʼ — H8092

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shima, the name of four Israelites

1. Shimea = "fame"
2. son of David by Bathsheba
3. brother of David, the 3rd son of Jesse
1. also 'Shammah', 'Shimma', and 'Shimeah'
4. a Gershonite Levite, father of Berachiah, and grandfather of Asaph
5. a Merarite Levite, son of Uzzah, and father of Haggiah

Usually translated as

Shimea, Shimei, Shamma

Origin

for H8093

• Shimʻâh (H8093)

Occurrences

Shimʻâʼ occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (5)

• 2 Samuel 21:21 — And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
• 1 Chronicles 2:13 — And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma (וְשִׁמְעָ֖א) the third,
• 1 Chronicles 3:5 — And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea (שִׁ֠מְעָא), and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
• 1 Chronicles 6:30 — Shimea (שִׁמְעָ֥א) his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
• 1 Chronicles 6:39 — And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea (שִׁמְעָֽא),
• 1 Chronicles 20:7 — But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea (שִׁמְעָ֖א) David’s brother slew him.