Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8092: שִׁמְעָא

Shimʻâʼ · pronounced shim-aw' · “Shimea”

Definition

Shima, the name of four Israelites

KJV translates it as: Shimea, Shimei, Shamma.

Word origin: for H8093 (שִׁמְעָה);

Extended definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.6.30;
son of: Uzzah (H5798B);
father of: Haggiah (H2293)
§ Shimea = "fame"
1) son of David by Bathsheba
2) brother of David, the 3rd son of Jesse
2a) also 'Shammah', 'Shimma', and 'Shimeah'
3) a Gershonite Levite, father of Berachiah, and grandfather of Asaph
4) a Merarite Levite, son of Uzzah, and father of Haggiah

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8092 is translated

  • shimea ×5

Bible verses with H8092 (Shimʻâʼ)

Shimʻâʼ appears in 5 verses.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:13

    And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

  • 1 Chronicles 3:5

    And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath–shua the daughter of Ammiel:

  • 1 Chronicles 6:30

    Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:39

    And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

  • 1 Chronicles 20:7

    But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.