שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ

she.lem.yahProper Noun (Masculine)H8018

Shelemiah

From: or שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ; from H8002 (שֶׁלֶם) and H3050 (יָהּ); thankoffering of Jah;

Short Definition

Shelemjah, the name of nine Israelites

Full Lexicon Entry

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at § Shelemiah = "repaid by Jehovah" 1) a son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of ) another son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of ) father of Hananiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 4) a priest in the time of Nehemiah in charge of the treasury 5) father of Jehucal or Jucal in the time of Zedekiah 6) Levite upon whom the lot for the East Gate fell; in the time of a) also 'Meshelemiah' and 'Shallum' 7) father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Jehudi, who was the messenger sent to Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah 8) son of Abdeel and one the men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch 9) father of Irijah, the captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

10 times

Appears 10 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Jeremiah
5
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
2
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 26:14
  • Ezra 10:41
  • Jeremiah 36:26
  • Jeremiah 37:13
  • Nehemiah 13:13

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