Strong H8096H8096Uשִׁמְעִי
Shimei
One of the 18 senses of Strong H8096
- Transliteration
- shim‛îy
- Pronunciation
- shim-ee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
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
Benjamite ancestor of Mordecai.
Shimei was a Benjamite, an ancestor of Mordecai, who lived in Susa during the Persian Empire.
In the Bible
Strong H8096U appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shimei1
First verses
- Esther 2:5Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;