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Shimei

Also called Shimi

Mentioned 1699–486 BC traditional (Jones)

Son of Gershon. Mentioned in 7 verses, first in Exodus 6:17.

Compiled from the tagged verses.

Father
Gershon
Children
Beriah, Jahath, Jeush, Zizah
Sibling
Laadan
Tagged in
7 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 2002–183 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

7 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Exodus1
  2. Numbers1
  3. 1 Chronicles4
  4. Zechariah1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBShimei 47Shimi 0
KJVShimei 42Shimi 1
ASVShimei 44Shimi 0

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 7 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Exodus1 verse
  1. 6:17

    The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Numbers1 verse
  1. 3:18

    These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

1 Chronicles4 verses
  1. 6:17

    These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

  2. 23:7

    The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

  3. 23:9

    The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.

  4. 23:10

    And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.

Zechariah1 verse
  1. 12:13

    the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,