Shimʻath — H8100

Definition

feminine proper noun

Shimath, an Ammonitess

1. Shimeath = "report"
2. an Ammonitess, mother of Jozachar or Zabad, one of the assassins of king Joash of Judah

Usually translated as

Shimath

Origin

feminine of H8088; annunciation

• Shêmaʻ (H8088)

Occurrences

Shimʻath occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• 2 Kings 12:21 — For Jozachar the son of Shimeath (שִׁ֠מְעָת), and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Chronicles 24:26 — And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath (שִׁמְעָת֙) an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.