Bible Names

Sheminith: meaning of the name

Sheminith means “eighth (an eight-stringed instrument).”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Sheminith in Hebrew and Greek

שְׁמִינִית H8067

shᵉmîynîyth (shem-ee-neeth') — probably an eight-stringed lyre

feminine of H8066 (שְׁמִינִי);

Sheminith in Scripture

“Sheminith” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:21

    And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

  • Psalms 6:1

    To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • Psalms 12:1

    To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.