Shimʻâthîy — H8101

Definition

masculine proper noun

a Shimathite (collectively) or descendants of Shimah

1. Shimeathites =see Shimeath "report"
2. a family of scribes

Usually translated as

Shimeathites

Origin

patronymically from H8093

• Derived from Shimʻâh (H8093)

Occurrences

Shimʻâthîy occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1)

• 1 Chronicles 2:55 — And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites (שִׁמְעָתִ֖ים), and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.