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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #8092 - שִׁמְעָא

Transliteration

Shimʻâʼ

Phonetics

shim-aw'

Origin

for (H8093)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Shimea = "fame"
1. son of David by Bathsheba
2. brother of David, the 3rd son of Jesse
  1. also ´Shammah´, ´Shimma´, and ´Shimeah´
3. a Gershonite Levite, father of Berachiah, and grandfather of Asaph
4. a Merarite Levite, son of Uzzah, and father of Haggiah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 5

BSB (5)

1 Chronicles 5

CSB (4)

1 Chronicles 5

ESV (6)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 5

KJV (6)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 5

LEB (5)

1 Chronicles 5

LSB (5)

1 Chronicles 5

N95 (5)

1 Chronicles 5

NAS (5)

1 Chronicles 5

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 5

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שִׁמְעָא proper name, masculine 1. brother of David 2 Samuel 21:21 Qr (compare Dr; Kt שמעי) Σεμεειᵐ5^L Σαμαα = 1 Chronicles 20:7, third son of Jesse 1 Chronicles 2:13; = שִׁמְעָךְ 1 Samuel 13:3; 1 Samuel 13:32, Σαμα(α) etc., שַׁמָּה (q. v.) 1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Samuel 17:13.

2 son of David 1 Chronicles 3:5 (= שַׁמּוּעַ 1), Σαμαν, Σαμαα.

3 Levites, Σομεα, Σαμα(α):

a. 1 Chronicles 6:15.

b. v. 1 Chronicles 6:24.

שִׁמְעָה proper name, masculine see שִׁמְעָא 1 above

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שִׁמְעָא (“rumour”), [Shimea, Shimei, Shimma, Shimeah], pr.n. m.

(1) of a son of David, 1 Chronicles 3:5 called שַׁמּוּעַ 2 Samuel 5:14; 1 Chronicles 14:4.

(2) 1 Chronicles 6:15.

(3) verse 24 1 Chronicles 6:24.

(4) of a son of Jesse; elsewhere שַׁמָּה see No. 2.

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List of Word Forms

וְשִׁמְעָ֖א ושמעא מעא שִׁ֠מְעָא שִׁמְעָ֖א שִׁמְעָ֥א שִׁמְעָֽא׃ שמעא שמעא׃ mə‘ā mə·‘ā mea shimA šim‘ā šim·‘ā veshimA wə·šim·‘ā wəšim‘ā