Word Study · Strong's H8092 · Hebrew
שִׁמְעָא
Shima
shim-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shimʻâʼ
“Shima, the name of four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shima, the name of four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Shimea, Shimei, Shamma.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְשִׁמְעָ֖א1
- שִׁ֠מְעָא1
- שִׁמְעָ֥א1
- שִׁמְעָ֖א1
- שִׁמְעָֽא׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- Shimea4
- and Shimea1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 4
- HC/Npm · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:13וְשִׁמְעָ֖אveshima'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,here: and Shimea
- 1 Chronicles 3:5שִׁ֠מְעָאshima'proper noun (a name)and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.here: Shimea
- 1 Chronicles 6:30שִׁמְעָ֥אshima'proper noun (a name)Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.here: Shimea
- 1 Chronicles 6:39שִׁמְעָֽא׃shima'proper noun (a name)Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand:here: Shimea
- 1 Chronicles 20:7שִׁמְעָ֖אshima'proper noun (a name)and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.here: Shimea