Zimmah זִמָּה

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Zimmah
זִמָּה
Transliterationzimmah
Strong's numberH2155 (H2155G, H2155H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossZimmah
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (2)

Zimmah (Hebrew זִמָּה, Strong's H2155) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Zimmah”. It occurs 3 times.

Definition

H2155G: Zimmah

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.20;
son of: Shimei (H8096V);
father of: Joah (H3098H)
§ Zimmah = "plotter"
1) a Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath
2) another Gershonite, son of Shimei; perhaps the same as 1 above
3) father or ancestor of Joah, a Gershonite in the reign of Hezekiah

H2155H: Zimmah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.29.12;
father of: Joah (H3098K)
§ Zimmah = "plotter"
1) a Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath
2) another Gershonite, son of Shimei; perhaps the same as 1 above
3) father or ancestor of Joah, a Gershonite in the reign of Hezekiah

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVzimmah (3)
BSBzimmah (2)

Verses

Every verse with Zimmah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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