Hebrew word · H8116

שִׁמְרִית

shimrit

Shimrith

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the Moabites living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.12.21;

father of: Jehozabad (H3075); also called Shimrith at 2Ch.24.26;

Another name of sho.mer (שֹׁמֵר "Shomer" H7763G)

§ Shimrith = "vigilant"

a Moabitess, mother of Jehozabad, one of the assassins of king Joash of Judah

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

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Where it appears

2 Chronicles · 1

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:26 שִׁמְרִ֖ית Shimrith

    Those who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

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