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Table of Contents HEBREW: 5250 yvmn Nimshiy
NAVE: Nimshi
EBD: Nimshi
SMITH: NIMSHI
ISBE: NIMSHI

Nimshi

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Nimshi: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

rescued from danger

father of Jehu, king of Israel

Nimshi = "rescued"

1) grandfather of Jehu

probably from 4871; extricated; Nimshi, the (grand-)father of Jehu: KJV -- Nimshi.
see HEBREW for 04871

NIMSHI, father of Jehu, 2 Kin. 9:2, 20.

saved. Jehu was "the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi" (2 Kings 9:2; comp. 1 Kings 19:16).

(rescued), the grandfather of Jehu, who is generally called "the son of Nimshi." (1Â Kings 19:16; 2Â Kings 9:2; 14,20; 2Â Chronicles 22:7)

NIMSHI - nim'-shi (nimshi): The grandfather of Jehu (2 Ki 9:2,14). Jehu's usual designation is "son of Nimshi" (1 Ki 19:16).