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Strong's #2174 - זִמְרִי
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- Zimri = "my music"
- n pr m
- the son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi
- 5th king of the northern kingdom, murderer of the king, Elah, who reigned for 7 days before he killed himself by setting the palace on fire and was replaced by the general of the army, Omri
- one of the five sons of Zerah and grandson of Judah
- son of Jehoadah and descendant of Saul
- an obscure name mentioned in connection with ´the mingled people´ in Jeremiah; may be same as ´Zimran´
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1 a Simeonite Numbers 25:14 (P).
2 grandson of Judah 2 Chronicles 2:6 (app. = זַבְדִּי Joshua 7:1q. v.)
3 king of Israel before Omri 1 Kings 16:9,10,12,15,16,18,20; 2 Kings 9:31.
4 a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:36 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 9:42 (twice in verse).
II. זִמְרִי proper name, of a people or
patr., only ׳מַלְכֵי ז Jeremiah 25:25 (+ מלכי עֵילָם and מלכי מָדָ֑י); = Σεμβρῖται in Ethiopia (Strabo xvii, i. 786) ? compare Gf; omitted by ᵐ5; interpolation according to Kue Gie.
זִמְרִי masc. (“celebrated in song,” ἀοίδιμος, “celebrated”), [Zimri], pr.n.
(1) of a king of Israel, who slew Elah and succeeded him, B. C. 930. 1 Kings 16:9, 10 1 Kings 16:10; 2 Kings 9:31. Gr. Ζαμβρί.
(2) of the captain of the Simeonites, 25:14.
(3) 1 Chronicles 2:6.
(4) 1 Chronicles 8:36, 9:42.
(5) it seems also to be a patronymic from זִמְרָן for זִמְרָנִי. Jeremiah 25:25.
זִמְרָן (id.), [Zimran], pr.n. of a son of Abraham, and Keturah, and of an Arabian nation sprung from him, Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32. Perhaps Zabram, a regal city according to Ptolemy between Mecca and Medinah is to be compared with this. Compare זִמְרִי No. 5.
