Dictionary entry

Sheleph

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

she'-lef (shaleph, in pause; Septuagint Saleph): Son of Joktan (Ge 10:26;1Ch 1:20). Sheleph is the name of a Yemenite tribe or district, named on Sabean inscriptions and also by Arabian geographers, located in Southern Arabia.

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