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Lexicon :: Strong's H8096 - šimʿî

Aa
שִׁמְעִי
Transliteration
šimʿî
Pronunciation
shim-ee'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

שִׁמְעִי Shimʻîy, shim-ee'; from H8088; famous; Shimi, the name of twenty Israelites:—Shimeah (from the margin), Shimei, Shimhi, Shimi.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H8096 in the following manner: Shimei (41x), Shimhi (1x), Shimi (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H8096 in the following manner: Shimei (41x), Shimhi (1x), Shimi (1x).

  1. Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = "renowned"

    1. a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David

    2. a Benjamite, son of Elah and commissariat officer in the time of Solomon

    3. the Ramathite in charge of the vineyards of David

    4. son of Gershon and grandson of Levi

    5. a Levite, son of Jeduthun and chief of the 10th division of singers in the time of David

    6. a Levite of the sons of Heman who took part in the purification of the temple in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

    7. a Levite, brother of Cononiah in charge of receiving the tithes and offerings in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

    8. a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

    9. a Judaite, son of Pedaiah and brother of Zerubbabel

    10. a Simeonite, son of Zacchur

    11. a Reubenite, son of Gog and father of Micah

    12. one of the sons of Hashum who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

    13. one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

    14. a Benjamite, son of Kish, father of Jair, and grandfather of Mordecai in the time of Esther

    15. a Levite, son of Jahath, grandson of Gershon, and great grandson of Levi

    16. Benjamite, father of Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. Spelled 'Shimhi'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁמְעִי Shimʻîy, shim-ee'; from H8088; famous; Shimi, the name of twenty Israelites:—Shimeah (from the margin), Shimei, Shimhi, Shimi.
STRONGS H8096: Abbreviations
I. שִׁמְעִי 43 proper name, masculine usually Σευεει:
1. in Benjamin:
a. 2 Samuel 16:5, 7, 13; 2 Samuel 19:17; 2 Samuel 19:19; 2 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 19:24, 1 Kings 2:8 + 10 times 1 Kings 2.
b. 1 Kings 1:8, perhaps = 1 Kings 4:18.
2. a Ramathite 1 Chronicles 27:27.
3. Levites:
a. 'son' of Gershon Exodus 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:2; 1 Chronicles 23:7, 9, 10 (twice in verse)
b. 1 Chronicles 6:14.
c. 1 Chronicles 6:27.
d. 1 Chronicles 25:17.
e. 2 Chronicles 29:14.
f. 2 Chronicles 31:12, 13.
g. Ezra 10:23.
4. brother of Zerubbabel 1 Chronicles 3:19.
5. in Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:26, 27.
6. in Reuben 1 Chronicles 5:4.
7. 1 Chronicles 8:13 —שֶׁמַע 1 Chronicles 8:13.
8. post-exilic names:
a. Ezra 10:33.
b. Ezra 10:38 (compare 3g above).
9. grandfather of Mordecai Esther 2:5.
10. 2 Samuel 21:21 Kt (Qr שִׁמְעָא which see 1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

6:17

Numbers

3:18

2 Samuel

16:5; 16:7; 16:13; 19:17; 19:19; 19:22; 19:24; 21:21

1 Kings

1:8; 2; 2:8; 4:18

1 Chronicles

3:19; 4:26; 4:27; 5:4; 6:2; 6:14; 6:27; 8:13; 8:13; 23:7; 23:9; 23:10; 25:17; 27:27

2 Chronicles

29:14; 31:12; 31:13

Ezra

10:23; 10:33; 10:38

Esther

2:5

H8096

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8096 matches the Hebrew שִׁמְעִי (šimʿî),
which occurs 44 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:17 - The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, in the order of their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:18 - And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13 - So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:16 - And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:23 - So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:21 - And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 - Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41 - And news was given to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come back again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44 - And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:18 - Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19 - And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:26 - And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 - And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:4 - The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:17 - And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:29 - The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:42 - The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:21 - And Adaiah and Beraiah and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:7 - Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9 - The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:10 - And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:17 - The tenth Shimei, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:27 - Shimei the Ramathite was responsible for the vine-gardens; Zabdi the Shiphmite was responsible for the produce of the vine-gardens and for all the stores of wine;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:14 - And of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - And in them they put all the offerings and the tenths and the holy things, keeping nothing back, and over them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother second to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:23 - And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:33 - Of the sons of Hashum, Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:38 - And Bani and Binnui, Shimei;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now there was a certain Jew in Shushan named Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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