rescued from danger
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
NIMSHI.Grandfather of king Jehu (1Ki_9:16, 2Ki_9:2; 2Ki_9:14; 2Ki_9:20, 2Ch_22:7).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Grandfather of Jehu, and father of Jehoshaphat (2Ki_9:2). "Son" means grandson or descendant (1Ki_19:16).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Nim'shi. (rescued). The grandfather of Jehu, who is generally called. "the son of Nimshi." 1Ki_19:16; 2Ki_9:2; 2Ki_9:14; 2Ki_9:20; 2Ch_22:7.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
nim?shı̄ (נמשׁי, nimshı̄): The grandfather of Jehu (2Ki_9:2, 2Ki_9:14). Jehu's usual designation is ?son of Nimshi? (1Ki_19:16).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Nimshi
(Heb. Nimshi', נַמְשַׁי, saved; Sept. Ναμεσσί, v. r. Ναμεσσεϊv, Ναμεσθί, Α᾿μεσεί), the grandfather of Jehu (2Ki_9:2; 2Ki_9:14; 2Ki_9:20), but often briefly called his father (1Ki_19:16; 2Ch_22:7). B.C. cir. 950.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.