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Lexicon :: Strong's H8096 - šimʿî

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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

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Strong's Number H8096 matches the Hebrew שִׁמְעִי (šimʿî),
which occurs 13 times in 10 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei H8096, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “Behold, there is with you Shimei H8096 the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a [fn]violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 -

Then the king sent and called for Shimei H8096 and said to him, “Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - Shimei H8096 then said to the king, “The word is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do.” So Shimei H8096 lived in Jerusalem many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 -

But it happened at the end of three years, that two of the slaves of Shimei H8096 ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei H8096, saying, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Then Shimei H8096 arose and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to search for his slaves. And Shimei H8096 went and brought his slaves from Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41 - And it was told to Solomon that Shimei H8096 had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - So the king sent and called for Shimei H8096 and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by Yahweh and solemnly warn you, saying, ‘You will know for certain that on the day you go out and go anywhere, you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word which I have heard is good.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44 - The king also said to Shimei H8096, “You know all the evil which [fn]you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore Yahweh shall return your evil on your own head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:18 -

Shimei H8096 the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

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