Word Study · Strong's H8099 · Hebrew
שִׁמְעֹנִי
Shimoni
shim-o-nee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shimʻônîy
“a Shimonite (collectively) or descendants of Shimon”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Shimonite (collectively) or descendants of Shimon
Rendered in the KJV as
tribe of Simeon, Simeonites.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֑י1
- הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֜י1
- לַשִּׁ֨מְעוֹנִ֔י1
- לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- the Simeonite[s]2
- for the Simeonite[s]1
- of the Simeonite[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)2
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
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- HRd/Ngmsa · 2
- HTd/Ngmsa · 2
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Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 25:14לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי׃lashimonipreposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.here: of the Simeonite[s]
- Numbers 26:14הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֑יhashimonithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.here: the Simeonite[s]