Strong H8093שִׁמְעָה
Shimeah
- Transliteration
- shim‛âh
- Pronunciation
- shim-aw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Feminine of H8088; annunciation;
{Shimah} an Israelite: - Shimeah.
{Shimah} an Israelite: - Shimeah.
Meaning of the name
Shimeah = "fame"
Detailed definition
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.16.9;
son of: Jesse (H3448);
brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H446I), Abinadab (H41I), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H26H)(?) and Elihu (H453J);
father of: Jonadab (H3122); also called Shimei (KJV: Shimea) at 2Sa.21.21; Shammah at 1Sa.16.9; 17.13; Shimea at 1Ch.2.13; 20.7;
son of: Jesse (H3448);
brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H446I), Abinadab (H41I), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H26H)(?) and Elihu (H453J);
father of: Jonadab (H3122); also called Shimei (KJV: Shimea) at 2Sa.21.21; Shammah at 1Sa.16.9; 17.13; Shimea at 1Ch.2.13; 20.7;
In the biblical story
Shimeah
Brother of David; father of Jonadab (or 'Jonathan').
Shimeah (also known as Shimei, Shammah, or Shimea) was a brother of King David and the father of Jonadab (or 'Jonathan').
In the Bible
Strong H8093 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shimeah2
First verses
- 2 Samuel 13:3But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
- 2 Samuel 13:32And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.