שִׁמְעָא Shimʻâʼ
Meaning
Shima, the name of four Israelites
In the King James Version: Shimea, Shimei, Shamma.
Derivation: for H8093 (שִׁמְעָה);
Where it is used
- 1 Chronicles 2:13 Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
- 1 Chronicles 3:5 and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 20:7 and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.