שִׁמְעָא Shimea
Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 2:13 and last at 1 Chronicles 20:7.
וְאִישַׁי הוֹלִיד אֶת־בְּכֹרוֹ אֶת־אֱלִיאָב וַאֲבִינָדָב הַשֵּׁנִי וְשִׁמְעָא הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי
and Jesse begot his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third;
וְאֵלֶּה נוּלְּדוּ־לוֹ בִּירוּשָׁלָיִם שִׁמְעָא וְשׁוֹבָב וְנָתָן וּשְׁלֹמֹה אַרְבָּעָה לְבַת־שׁוּעַ בַּת־עַמִּיאֵֽל
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;
שִׁמְעָא בְנוֹ חַגִּיָּה בְנוֹ עֲשָׂיָה בְנֽוֹ
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
וְאָחִיו אָסָף הָעֹמֵד עַל־יְמִינוֹ אָסָף בֶּן־בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ בֶּן־שִׁמְעָֽא
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand; even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea;
וַיְחָרֵף אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּכֵּהוּ יְהוֹנָתָן בֶּן־שִׁמְעָא אֲחִי דָוִֽיד
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Shimea?
Shimea — שמעא in Hebrew — has a gematria of 411 in the standard method.
How many times is Shimea named in the Tanakh?
5 times, first at 1 Chronicles 2:13.
A spelling is not a name. The written word שמעא stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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