Bible Names

Shimri: meaning of the name

Shimri means “thorn; dregs.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Shimri in Hebrew and Greek

שִׁמְרִי H8113

Shimrîy (shim-ree') — Shimri, the name of four Israelites

from H8105 (שֶׁמֶר) in its original sense; watchful;

People named Shimri in the Bible

Shimri in Scripture

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

  • 1 Chronicles 4:37

    And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

  • 1 Chronicles 11:45

    Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

  • 2 Chronicles 29:13

    And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: