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HebrewH4920Proper Noun (Masculine)

מְשֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ

me.she.lem.yah

4Occurrences
H4920Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Meshelemjah, an Israelite

or מְשֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ; from H7999 (שָׁלַם) and H3050 (יָהּ); ally of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; father of: Zechariah (H2148A), Jediael (H3043J), Zebadiah (H2069J), Jathniel (H3496), Elam (H5867H), Jehohanan (H3076I) and Eliehoenai (H0454A); also called Shelemiah at ; Also named: she.lem.yah (*שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ *"Shelemiah" H8018O) § Meshelemiah = "whom Jehovah repays" a Korhite Levite porter or gatekeeper of the house of God in the time of David

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מְשֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
4

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 26:1BSB

These were the divisions of the gatekeepers:From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

1 Chronicles 26:2BSB

Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

1 Chronicles 26:9BSB

Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men—18 in all.

1 Chronicles 9:21BSB

Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.