Word Study · Strong's H5250 · Hebrew
נִמְשִׁי
Nimshi
nim-shee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Nimshîy
“Nimshi, the (grand-) father of Jehu”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Nimshi, the (grand-) father of Jehu
Rendered in the KJV as
Nimshi.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- נִמְשִׁ֔י3
- נִמְשִׁ֗י1
- נִמְשִׁ֖י1
How it is rendered · 1
- Nimshi5
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)5
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- HNpm · 5
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Where this word lives
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2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 9:2נִמְשִׁ֗יnimshiproper noun (a name)When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.here: Nimshi
- 2 Kings 9:14נִמְשִׁ֖יnimshiproper noun (a name)Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,here: Nimshi
- 2 Kings 9:20נִמְשִׁ֔יnimshiproper noun (a name)Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”here: Nimshi