Hebrew word · H8092

שִׁמְעָא, שִׁמְעָה

shim'a'

Shimea

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.16.9;

son of: Jesse (H3448);

brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J);

father of: Jonadab (H3122); also called Shimei (KJV: Shimea) at 2Sa.21.21; Shammah at 1Sa.16.9; 17.13; Shimea at 1Ch.2.13; 20.7;

Another name of shim.ah (שִׁמְעָה "Shimeah" H8093)

§ Shimea = "fame"

1) son of David by Bathsheba

2) brother of David, the 3rd son of Jesse

2a) also 'Shammah', 'Shimma', and 'Shimeah'

3) a Gershonite Levite, father of Berachiah, and grandfather of Asaph

4) a Merarite Levite, son of Uzzah, and father of Haggiah

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

1 Chronicles · 5

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:13 וְשִׁמְעָ֖א and Shimea

    Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

  2. 1 Chronicles 3:5 שִׁ֠מְעָא Shimea

    and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:30 שִׁמְעָ֥א Shimea

    Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

  4. 1 Chronicles 6:39 שִׁמְעָֽא׃ Shimea

    Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

    Here: Asaph's grandfather. The name probably comes from the verb 'to hear', perhaps meaning '(God) has heard'. Several different men in Chronicles share this name.

  5. 1 Chronicles 20:7 שִׁמְעָ֖א Shimea

    and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

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