Lexical Definition

‎שִׁמְרִי‎ Shimrîy (shim-ree') Shimri ^N:N-M-P
from ‎שֶׁמֶר‎ in its original sense; watchful

Shimri.

• § Shimri = "vigilant"
• Shimri, the name of four Israelites

1) a Simeonite, son of Shemaiah and father of Jedaiah
2) father of Jediael, one of David's mighty warriors
3) a Merarite Levite, son of Hosah
4) a Kohathite Levite of the sons of Elizaphan

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֹׁמְרִי‎ proper name, masculine usually Σαμαρει, etc.:

1. in Simeon, 1Chr 4:37.

2. father of a hero of David 1Chr 11:45.

3. Levites:
a. 1Chr 26:10.
b. 2Chr 29:13, Ζαμβρει, Σαμβρι.

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