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Shimeite

שִׁמְעִיStrong’s H8097

shimi (shim-i)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shimi is the Hebrew word usually translated “shimeite”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;”
Zechariah 12:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. Someone descended from Shimei who was A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.17
How it's translated
  • the shimeite 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 1
  • Zechariah 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שִׁמְעִי shimi · Shimeite

Someone descended from Shimei who was A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.17; son of: Gershon (H1648); brother of: Libni (H3845G); father of: Jahath (H3189I), Zizah (H2126), Jeush (H3266J) and Beriah (H1283J) Group of shim.i (שִׁמְעִי "Shimei" H8096) § Shimites, of Shimei "renowned" descendants of Shimei or Shimi

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.