shimi · Shimei

What it means

shimi (שִׁמְעִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shimei”.

The name of many men; among them a son of Gershon, grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:17), and the Benjaminite of Saul's family who cursed David as he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 16:5-13; 19:16-23). It means "heard".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Numbers×1
• 2 Samuel×7
• 1 Kings×13
• 1 Chronicles×14
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Ezra×3
• Esther×1

• Exodus 6:17

  The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

• Numbers 3:18

  And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

• 2 Samuel 16:5

  When King David came to Bahurim, there from there a man came out of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei son of Gera; he came out, cursing as he came.

• 2 Samuel 16:7

  This is what Shimei said as he cursed: “Get out, get out, you man of blood and wicked man!

• 2 Samuel 16:13

  David and his men went along the road, and Shimei was going along the side of the hill opposite him, cursing as he went, and he threw stones opposite him and threw dust.

• 2 Samuel 19:16

  Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

• 2 Samuel 19:18

  The ferry was crossing to bring across the king’s household and to do what was good in his eyes. And Shimei son of Gera fell down before the king as he was crossing the Jordan,

• 2 Samuel 19:21

  Abishai son of Zeruiah answered and said, “For this, shall not Shimei be put to death, because he cursed the anointed of YHWH?”

• 2 Samuel 19:23

  The king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore to him.

• 1 Kings 1:8

  But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.

• 1 Kings 2:8

  And there is with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by YHWH, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

• 1 Kings 2:36

  And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there this way or that.

• 1 Kings 2:38

  And Shimei said to the king, “The word is good; as my lord the king has spoken, so will your servant do.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

• 1 Kings 2:39

  And it happened at the end of three years that two slaves of Shimei fled to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”

• 1 Kings 2:40

  And Shimei rose and saddled his donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.

• 1 Kings 2:41

  And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned.

• 1 Kings 2:42

  And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by YHWH, and testify against you, saying, ‘On the day you go out and go this way or that, know for certain that you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word is good; I have heard it.’

• 1 Kings 2:44

  And the king said to Shimei, “You know all the evil that your heart knows, that you did to David my father; so YHWH will bring back your evil on your head.

• 1 Kings 4:18

  Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;

• 1 Chronicles 3:19

  And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the son of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister;

• 1 Chronicles 4:26

  And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel, his son; Zaccur, his son; Shimei, his son.

• 1 Chronicles 4:27

  And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, and all their family did not multiply as much as the sons of Judah.

• 1 Chronicles 5:4

  The sons of Joel: Shemaiah, his son; Gog, his son; Shimei, his son;

• 1 Chronicles 6:17

  And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

• 1 Chronicles 6:29

  The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni, his son; Shimei, his son; Uzzah, his son;

• 1 Chronicles 6:42

  the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

• 1 Chronicles 8:21

  Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei.

• 1 Chronicles 23:7

  Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

• 1 Chronicles 23:9

  The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Ladan.

• 1 Chronicles 23:10

  And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei, four.

• 1 Chronicles 25:17

  the tenth Shimei: his sons and his brothers, twelve;

• 1 Chronicles 27:27

  over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over what was in the vineyards for the stores of wine was Zabdi the Shiphmite;

• 2 Chronicles 29:14

  and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

• 2 Chronicles 31:12

  They brought in the contribution and the tithe and the holy things with faithfulness. Over them as leader was Conaniah the Levite, and Shimei his brother was second.

• 2 Chronicles 31:13

  Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were appointed under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the arrangement of Hezekiah the king and of Azariah the leader of the house of Elohim.

• Ezra 10:23

  And of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (he is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

• Ezra 10:33

  Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

• Ezra 10:38

  and Bani and Binnui, Shimei,

• Esther 2:5

  There was a Jewish man in Susa, the fortress, and his name was Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

And 4 more times.