Shimei

• The second son of Gershon and grandson of Levi. The family of the Shimeites, as a branch of the tribe of Levi, is mentioned in ; ; and in Zechariah 12:13. In the New Testament the name occurs in, spelled Semei in the King James Version.
• A Benjamite of Bahurim, son of Gera, "a man of the family of the house of Saul". He is mentioned as one of David's tormentors during his flight before Absalom, and as imploring and winning David's forgiveness when the latter returned. David, however, in his dying charge to Solomon, bade him avenge the insult.
• A brother of David, called also Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimea
• A friend of King David mentioned in
• Son of Elah, one of Solomon's prefects, over the district of Benjamin
• A grandson of Jeconiah and brother of Zerubbabel
• A grandson of Simeon, who is described as the father of sixteen sons and six daughters, and whose clan dwelt in Judea
• A Reubenite
• Levites
• A Benjamite chief who had nine sons
• "The Ramathite," one of David's officers
• A Levite and other Israelites whom Ezra required to put away their foreign wives
• Grandfather of Mordecai.