Nimshi
נִמְשִׁיStrong’s H5250nimshi (nim-shi)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nimshi is the Hebrew word usually translated “nimshi”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.”
Meaning
- A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.19.16
How it's translated
- nimshi 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 3
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 9:2And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
- 2 Kings 9:14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
- 2 Kings 9:20And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
- 2 Chronicles 22:7And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
Hebrew dictionary
נִמְשִׁי nimshi · Nimshi
A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.19.16; father of: Jehoshaphat (H3092J) § Nimshi = "rescued" grandfather of Jehu
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.