Shimei meaning

Meaning

Renown, Famous

Etymology

From the verb שמע (shama'), to hear.

Related names

• Via שמע (shama'): Elishama, Ishmael, Ishmaiah, Mishma, Samuel, Shama, Shammua, Shema, Shemaah, Shemaiah, Shimea, Shimeath, Shimeathites, Simeon, Simon

The name Shimei is among the most popular in the Bible. People named Shimei are:

• A son of Gershon (Exodus 6:17).
• A Benjaminite who pesters David (2 Samuel 16:5).
• A brother of David, mostly known as Shimea (2 Samuel 21:21) and also called Shammah (1 Samuel 16:9).
• A faithful follower of Solomon (1 Kings 1:8).
• A brother of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:19).
• A Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:26).
• A son of Merari (1 Chronicles 6:29).
• A Kohathite (1 Chronicles 6:42).
• A Benjaminite family head (1 Chronicles 8:21).
• What seems to be two Gershonite family heads, one with three sons and the other with four sons (1 Chronicles 23:7, see 23:9 and 23:10).
• A Levite prophet-musician in David's time (1 Chronicles 25:3).
• A Ramathite, who was an overseer of the vineyards under David (1 Chronicles 27:27).
• A Levite who helps to clean and purify the temple (2 Chronicles 29:14).
• A Levite second-treasurer during Hezekiah's reign (2 Chronicles 31:12).
• An ancestor of Mordecai (Esther 2:5).
• An ancestor of Christ according to the Lucan genealogy through David's son Nathan (Luke 3:26). In Greek this name is spelled Σεμει, Semei, which most modern translations interpret as Semein. It's a Greek transliteration or Hellenized version of the Hebrew name Shimei.

The name Shimei comes from the verb שמע (shama'), meaning to hear:

For a meaning of the name Shimei, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Renown. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Famous.