Lexical Definition

‎שִׁמְעִי‎ Shimʻîy (shim-ee') Shimei ^N:N-M-P
from ‎שֵׁמַע‎; famous

Shimeah (from the margin), Shimei, Shimhi, Shimi.

• § Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = "renowned"
• Shimi, the name of twenty Israelites

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'

See Greek: Σεμεΐ

Extended Information

name of: עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם

• A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.10
• son of: Jeduthun (יְדוּתוּן)
• brother of: Mattithiah (מַתִּתְיָה), Gedaliah (גְּדַּלְיָה), Zeri (צְרִי), Jeshaiah (יְשַׁעְיָה) and Hashabiah (חֲשַׁבְיָה)
• father of: Shemaiah (שְׁמַעְיָה), Jehozabad (יְהוֹזָבָד), Joah (יוֹאָח), Sachar (שָׂכָר), Nethanel (נְתַנְאֵל), Ammiel (עַמִּיאֵל), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר) and Peullethai (פְּעֻלְּתַי)
• Another name of o.ved e.dom (‎ע‎ֹ‎ב‎ֵ‎ד‎ ‎א‎ֱ‎דו‎ֹ‎ם‎ "Obed-edom" עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שֶׁמַע | שִׁמְעָא

I. ‎שִׁמְעִי‎₄₃ proper name, masculine usually Σευεει:

1. in Benjamin:
a. 2Sam 16:5; 2Sam 16:7; 2Sam 16:13; 2Sam 19:17*; 2Sam 19:19*; 2Sam 19:22*; 2Sam 19:24*, 1Kgs 2:8 + 10 t. 1Kgs 2.
b. 1Kgs 1:8, perhaps = 1Kgs 4:18.

2. a Ramathite 1Chr 27:27.

3. Levites: a. 'son' of Gershon Exod 6:17; Num 3:18; 1Chr 6:2*; 1Chr 23:7; 1Chr 23:9; 1Chr 23:10 (twice in verse)
b. 1Chr 6:14*.
c. v.1Chr 6:27*. d 1Chr 25:17.
e. 2Chr 29:14. feminine 2Chr 31:12; 2Chr 31:13.
g. Ezra 10:23.

4. brother of Zerubbabel 1Chr 3:19. 5 in Simeon 1Chr 4:26; 1Chr 4:27.

6. in Reuben 1Chr 5:4.

7. 1Chr 8:13 = (II.) ‎שֶׁמַע‎ v1Chr 8:13.

8. post-exilic names:
a. Ezra 10:33.
b. vEzra 10:38 (compare 3 g above).

9. grandfather of Mordecai Esth 2:5.

10. 2Sam 21:21 Kt (Qr ‎שִׁמְעָא‎ q. v.

1.).

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