שִׁמְעֹנִי Shimʻônîy
Meaning
a Shimonite (collectively) or descendants of Shimon
In the King James Version: tribe of Simeon, Simeonites.
Derivation: patronymically from H8095 (שִׁמְעוֹן);
Where it is used
- Numbers 25:14 The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
- Numbers 26:14 These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.
- Joshua 21:4 The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
- 1 Chronicles 27:16 These officers were in charge of the tribes of Israel: Over the Reubenites was Eliezer son of Zichri; over the Simeonites was Shephatiah son of Maacah;