Shimea (Shimeah)

Meaning: Splendor; something heard; the hearing prayer (from a root word meaning: “to hear”)

Shimea was the name of four biblical men:

1. one of David's brothers (1 Sam. 16:9, marginal note)

2. one of David's sons by Bathsheba (1 Chr. 3:5), also called Shammua (14:4)

3. a Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 6:30)

4. another Levite of the family of Gershon (1 Chr. 6:39)