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 sons by Bathsheba (1 Chr. 3:5); called also Shammua (14:4).

2. A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 6:30).

3. Another Levite of the family of Gershon (1 Chr. 6:39).

4. One of David's brothers (1 Sam. 16:9, marg.).