HebrewH8026Proper Noun (Masculine)
שֶׁ֫לֶף
she.leph
“Sheleph”
2Occurrences
H8026Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Sheleph, a son of Jokthan
from H8025 (שָׁלַף); extract;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Sheleph = "a drawing forth" the 2nd son of Joktan and a descendant of Shem
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שֶׁ֫לֶף appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
1
Genesis
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 1:20BSB
And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Genesis 10:26BSB
And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.