Every Name in Tanakh

שִׁמְרוֹן Shimron

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.

PersonGematria 596×5 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for an Israelite and of a place in Palestine. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 46:13 and last at 1 Chronicles 7:1.

Genesis 46:13בראשית מו:יג

וּבְנֵי יִשָׂשכָר תּוֹלָע וּפֻוָּה וְיוֹב וְשִׁמְרֽוֹן

And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.

Numbers 26:24במדבר כו:כד

לְיָשׁוּב מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיָּשׁוּבִי לְשִׁמְרֹן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשִּׁמְרֹנִֽי

of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

Joshua 11:1יהושע יא:א

וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ־חָצוֹר וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶל־יוֹבָב מֶלֶךְ מָדוֹן וְאֶל־מֶלֶךְ שִׁמְרוֹן וְאֶל־מֶלֶךְ אַכְשָֽׁף

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

Joshua 19:15יהושע יט:טו

וְקַטָּת וְנַֽהֲלָל וְשִׁמְרוֹן וְיִדְאֲלָה וּבֵית לָחֶם עָרִים שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן

and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem; twelve cities with their villages.

1 Chronicles 7:1דברי הימים א ז:א

וְלִבְנֵי יִשָׂשכָר תּוֹלָע וּפוּאָה ישיב וְשִׁמְרוֹן אַרְבָּעָֽה

And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Shimron?

Shimron — שמרון in Hebrew — has a gematria of 596 in the standard method.

How many times is Shimron named in the Tanakh?

5 times, first at Genesis 46:13.

A spelling is not a name. The written word שמרון stands 62 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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