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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Biblical

Meaning & History

Means "keeper, watchman" or "guarded", from the Hebrew verb שמר (shamar) "to keep, to guard". In the Old Testament this is the name of the mother of Jehozabad, 2 Kings 12:21 (in 2 Chronicles 24:26 she is called Shimrith), and the name of a man of Asher, 1 Chronicles 7:32.
Added 1/6/2015 by LMS
Edited 6/4/2023 by SeaHorse15, Belexius and LMS