Strong H8096H8096Rשִׁמְעִי
Shimei
One of the 18 senses of Strong H8096
- Transliteration
- shim‛îy
- Pronunciation
- shim-ee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23
Meaning of the name
Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = "renowned"
General definition
From H8088; famous;
{Shimi} the name of twenty Israelites: - Shimeah [from the {margin]} {Shimei} {Shimhi} Shimi.
{Shimi} the name of twenty Israelites: - Shimeah [from the {margin]} {Shimei} {Shimhi} Shimi.
In the biblical story
Shimei
Levite who married a foreign wife during the exile.
Shimei was a Levite who had married a foreign wife during the Babylonian exile and agreed to send her away.
In the Bible
Strong H8096R appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shimei1
First verses
- Ezra 10:23Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.