Jesimiel

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jesim'iel. (Whom God Makes). A Simeonite chief, of the family of Shimei.  1 Chronicles 4:36. (B.C. about 711).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Jesimiel . The eponym of a Simeonite family (  1 Chronicles 4:36 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 4:36;  1 Chronicles 4:38-43.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A prince among the descendants of Simeon.  1 Chronicles 4:36 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 4:36

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yesimiel', יְשַׂימַיאֵל , Appointed Of God; Sept. Ι᾿Σμαήλ ) , apparently one of the chief Simeonites who migrated to the valley of Gedor in search of pasture ( 1 Chronicles 4:36). B.C. cir. 711. Jessaeans.

According to Epiphanius, the first distinctive appellation of Christians was Ιεσσαῖοι , Jessaeans, but it is doubtful from whom the title was derived, or in what sense it was applied. Some suppose it was from Jesse, the father of David; others (and with far greater probability of accuracy) trace it to the name of the Lord Jesus. Philo is known to have written a work on the first Church of St. Mark at Alexandria, which he himself entitled Περὶ Ι᾿Εσσαίων , which is now extant under the title of Περἱ Βίου Θεωρητικοῦ (of the contemplative life), and so is cited by Eusebius even: Jerome, however, knew the work intimately, and for this reason gave Philo a place in his list of ecclesiastical writers. Eusebius also mentions the name Jessaeans as a distinctive appellation of the early Christians. Comp. Bingham, Antiq. Bk. 1, ch. 1, § 1; Riddle, Christian Antiquities, p. 181.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jḗ - sim´i - el ( ישׁימאל , yesı̄mi'ēl , "God establishes"): A prince of Simeon (  1 Chronicles 4:36 ).