Dictionaries :: Shimron

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shimron:

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

Nave's Topical Bible

Shimron: 1. Son of Issachar

Gen 46:13; Num 26:24

Called SHIMROM,

1Ch 7:1.

Shimron: 2. A City in the Territory of the Tribe of Zebulun

Jos 11:1; 19:15

See 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.