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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Shimron

 

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: No
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Shimron

Watch-post, an ancient city of the Canaanites; with its villages, allotted to Zebulun (Joshua 19:15); now probably Semunieh, on the northern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, 5 miles west of Nazareth.


Naves Topical Index
Shimron

1. Son of Issachar

General references
Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:24

Called Shimrom
1 Chronicles 7:1

2. A city in Zebulun

General references
Joshua 11:1; Joshua 19:15
Shimron-Meron


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Shimron

(watch-height).

  1. A city of Zebulun. (Joshua 11:1; 19:15) Its full appellation was perhaps Shimron-meron.
  2. The fourth son of Issachar according to the lists of Genesis, (Genesis 46:13) and Numbers, (Numbers 26:24) and the head of the family of the Shimronites.


Naves Topical Index
Shimronites

The family of Shimron.
Numbers 26:24


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Shimronites, the

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Shimronmeron

The same, probably, as Shimron (Joshua 12:20).


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Shimronmeron

(watch-height of Meron). The king of Shimron-meron is mentioned as one of the thirty-one kings vanquished by Joshua. (Joshua 12:20) It is probably the complete name of the place elsewhere called Shimron, a city of Zebulun. (Joshua 11:1; 19:15)


Naves Topical Index
Shimron-Meron

A city conquered by Joshua
Joshua 12:20

Probably identical with Shimron, 2

Shimron, 2