Hebrew wordShimʻîyshim-ee'שִׁמְעִיWhat it meansShimi, the name of twenty IsraelitesWhere it comes fromfrom shêmaʻ (שֵׁמַע); famousHow the King James translates itshimei38shimi1shimhi1Every place it appears 40Exodus6:172 Samuel16:516:716:1319:1619:1819:2119:231 Kings1:82:82:362:382:392:402:412:422:444:181 Chronicles3:194:264:275:46:176:296:428:2123:723:923:1025:1727:272 Chronicles29:1431:1231:13Ezra10:23Esther2:5