שִׁמְרוֹןShimrôwn

שִׁמְרוֺן: proper name [of a location]: Canaanite city, with king, in Zebulun (Joshua 11:1; Joshua 19:15; Joshua 12:20)

Pronunciation: shim-rone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8110

Meanings

שִׁמְרוֺן: proper name, masculine: son of Issachar (Genesis 46:13; 1 Chronicles 7:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 46:13 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
  • Numbers 26:24 The Jashubite clan, named after their ancestor Jashub. The Shimronite clan, named after their ancestor Shimron.
  • Joshua 11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor heard what had happened, he sent messages to the following kings: King Jobab of Madon; the king of Shimron; the king of Acshaph;
  • Joshua 19:15 The towns in these areas included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:1 The four sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).