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Nimshi — grandfather (or ancestor) of King Jehu of Israel
The name of Jehu's grandfather (or more distant ancestor), consistently used in the patronymic formula 'Jehu son of Nimshi.' This identifying phrase appears across the narratives of Elijah's commission to anoint Jehu (1 Kgs 19:16), Jehu's revolt and anointing (2 Kgs 9:2, 14, 20), and the Chronicler's account of Ahaziah's death (2 Chr 22:7). The Septuagint renders it Namesthei or Namessei. The name may derive from the root m-sh-h ('to draw out').
Senses
1. sense 1 — Nimshi, the ancestor of King Jehu, used exclusively in the patronymic 'Jehu son of Nimshi.' All five occurrences serve as a fixed identifying formula across both Kings and Chronicles. Spanish 'Nimsi' and French 'Nimshi' preserve the form. The designation links Jehu's dynasty to a recognized clan lineage, from Elijah's prophetic commission (1 Kgs 19:16) through the coup narrative (2 Kgs 9:2, 14, 20). 5×
AR["نِمْشي", "نِمْشِي"]·ben["নিমশীর", "নিম্শির"]·DE["Nimshi", "[נמשי]"]·EN["Nimshi"]·FR["Nimshi", "[נמשי]"]·heb["נמשי"]·HI["निम्शी", "निम्शी-का", "निम्शीका"]·ID["-Nimsi", "Nimsi"]·IT["Nimshi", "[נמשי]"]·jav["Nimsi", "Nimsyi"]·KO["님시", "님시의"]·PT["Nimshi", "Ninsi"]·RU["Нимши"]·ES["Nimsi", "Nimsí"]·SW["Nimshi"]·TR["Nimşi", "Nimşi'nin"]·urd["نمسی", "نمسی-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נִמְשִׁי n.pr.m. grandfather of Jehu 2 K 9:2, 14; יֵהוּא בֶן־נ׳ 1 K 19:16; 2 K 9:20; 2 Ch 22:7; 𝔊 Ναμεσθει, Ναμεσ(σ)ει.