Hebrew word · H2174

זִמְרִי

zimri

Zimri

Appears 15 times in 13 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.9

§ Zimri = "my music"

1) the son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi

2) 5th king of the northern kingdom, murderer of the king, Elah, who reigned for 7 days before he killed himself by setting the palace on fire and was replaced by the general of the army, Omri

3) one of the five sons of Zerah and grandson of Judah

4) son of Jehoadah and descendant of Saul

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 25:14 זִמְרִ֖י [was] Zimri

    The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.

1 Kings · 7

  1. 1 Kings 16:9 זִמְרִ֔י Zimri

    However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.

    Here: The plotter, who would rule only seven days (v. 15). His name became a byword for a man who murders his master (2 Kgs 9:31).

  2. 1 Kings 16:10 זִמְרִי֙ Zimri

    So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.

  3. 1 Kings 16:12 זִמְרִ֔י Zimri

    So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.

  4. 1 Kings 16:15 זִמְרִ֛י Zimri

    In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

  5. 1 Kings 16:16 זִמְרִ֔י Zimri

    and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.

  6. 1 Kings 16:18 זִמְרִי֙ Zimri

    When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died

  7. 1 Kings 16:20 זִמְרִ֔י Zimri

    As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

2 Kings · 1

  1. 2 Kings 9:31 זִמְרִ֖י O Zimri

    And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”

1 Chronicles · 5

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:6 זִ֠מְרִי Zimri

    The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

  2. 1 Chronicles 8:36 זִמְרִ֑י וְזִמְרִ֖י Zimri, and Zimri

    Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza.

  3. 1 Chronicles 9:42 זִמְרִ֑י וְזִמְרִ֖י Zimri, and Zimri

    Ahaz was the father of Jarah; Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

Jeremiah · 1

  1. Jeremiah 25:25 זִמְרִ֗י Zimri

    all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;

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