Shimʻâh — H8093

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shimah, an Israelite

1. Shimeah = "fame"
2. brother of David, the 3rd son of Jesse
1. also 'Shammah', and 'Shimma'

Usually translated as

Shimeah

Origin

feminine of H8088; annunciation

• Shêmaʻ (H8088)

Occurrences

Shimʻâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (2)

• 2 Samuel 13:3 — But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah (שִׁמְעָ֖ה) David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
• 2 Samuel 13:32 — And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah (שִׁמְעָ֨ה) David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.