שִׁמְרִיShimrîy

Shimri, the name of four Israelites

Pronunciation: shim-ree' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8113

Meanings

1. in Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:37)

2. father of a hero of David (1 Chronicles 11:45)

3. Levites

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:37 and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.
  • 1 Chronicles 11:45 Jediael son of Shimri; Joha, his brother, from Tiz;
  • 1 Chronicles 26:10 Hosah, of the Merari clan, appointed Shimri as the leader among his sons, though he was not the oldest.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:13 From the family of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel. From the family of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah.

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).