Lexical Summary Shima: four Israelites Original Word: שִׁמְעָאTransliteration: Shima Phonetic Spelling: (shim-aw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: four Israelites Meaning: Shimea -- four Israelites Strong's Concordance Shimea, Shimei, Shamma For Shim'ah; Shima, the name of four Israelites -- Shimea, Shimei, Shamma. see HEBREW Shim'ah Brown-Driver-Briggs H8092. Shima שִׁמְעָא proper name, masculine 1. brother of David 2 Samuel 21:21 Qr (compare Dr; Kt שמעי) Σεμεει ᵐ5L Σαμαα = 1 Chronicles 20:7, third son of Jesse 2:13; = שִׁמְעָךְ 1 Samuel 13:3; 1 Samuel 13:32, Σαμα(α) etc., שַׁמָּה (q. v.) 16:9; 17:13. 2 son of David 1 Chronicles 3:5 (= שַׁמּוּעַ 1), Σαμαν, Σαμαα. 3 Levites, Σομεα, Σαμα(α): b. v.1 Chronicles 6:24. שִׁמְעָה proper name, masculine see שִׁמְעָא 1 above |