Shimʻônîy — H8099

Definition

masculine proper noun

a Shimonite (collectively) or descendants of Shimon

1. Simeonites = see Simeon "harkening"
2. descendants of Simeon

Usually translated as

Simeonites, tribe of Simeon

Origin

patronymically from H8095

• Derived from Shimʻôwn (H8095)

Occurrences

Shimʻônîy occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Joshua (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Numbers 25:14 — Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites (לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי).
• Numbers 26:14 — These are the families of the Simeonites (הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֑י), twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
• Joshua 21:4 — And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon (הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֜י), and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
• 1 Chronicles 27:16 — Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites (לַשִּׁ֨מְעוֹנִ֔י), Shephatiah the son of Maachah: