שִׁמְעִי Shimʻîy
Meaning
Shimi, the name of twenty Israelites
In the King James Version: Shimeah (from the margin), Shimei, Shimhi, Shimi.
Derivation: from H8088 (שֵׁמַע); famous;
Where it is used
- Exodus 6:17 The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
- Numbers 3:18 These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
- 2 Samuel 16:5 As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
- 2 Samuel 16:7 And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
- 2 Samuel 16:13 So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.
- 2 Samuel 19:16 Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
- 2 Samuel 19:18 and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
- 2 Samuel 19:21 But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
- 2 Samuel 19:23 So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.
- 1 Kings 1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 2:8 Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
- 1 Kings 2:36 Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
- 1 Kings 2:38 “The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
- 1 Kings 2:39 After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
- 1 Kings 2:40 So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
- 1 Kings 2:41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
- 1 Kings 2:42 the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
- 1 Kings 2:44 The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
- 1 Kings 4:18 Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
- 1 Chronicles 3:19 The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The children of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, their sister Shelomith,
- 1 Chronicles 4:26 The sons of Mishma: Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 4:27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 5:4 The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 6:29 The descendants of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
- 1 Chronicles 8:21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 23:7 The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 23:9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
- 1 Chronicles 23:10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.
- 1 Chronicles 25:17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
- 1 Chronicles 27:27 Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.
- 2 Chronicles 29:14 Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.
- 2 Chronicles 31:12 And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
- 2 Chronicles 31:13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
- Ezra 10:23 Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
- Ezra 10:33 From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
- Ezra 10:38 From the descendants of Binnui: Shimei,
- Esther 2:5 Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.