International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Shaalim, Land Of

sha'-a-lim ('erets sha`alim; Codex Vaticanus tes ges Easakem; Codex Alexandrinus tes ges Saaleim; the King James Version Shalim): Saul in search of his father's asses passed thr...

Shaaph

shy'-af (sha`aph):(1) A son of Jahdai (1Ch 2:47).(2) The son of Maachah, a concubine of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel. Shaaph is called the "father," or founder, of the city M...

Shaaraim

sha-a-ra'-im (sha`arayim, "two gates"; Sakareim; the King James Version Sharaim):(1) A city in the Shephelah or "lowland" of Judah mentioned (Jos 15:36) in close association wit...

Shaashgaz

sha-ash'-gaz (sha`ashgaz; Septuagint reads Gai, the same name it gives to the official referred to inEs 2:8,15; the name may go back to the Old Bactrian word Sasakshant, "one an...

Shabbethai

shab'-e-thi (shabbethay, "one born on the Sabbath"; Codex Vaticanus Sabathai; Codex Alexandrinus Kabbathai = "Sabbateus" of 1 Esdras 9:14): A Levite who opposed (?) Ezra's sugge...

Shachia

sha-ki'-a, shak'-i-a (sakheyah (so Baer, Ginsberg); some editions read sakheya', or sakheya'; also shakheyah, and shabheyah. This last reading is favored by the Syrian and the S...

Shaddai

shad'-a-i, shad'-i.See GOD, NAMES OF, II, 8.

Shade; Shadow; Shadowing

shad, shad'-o, shad'-o-ing (tsel; skia): A shadow is any obscuration of the light and heat with the form of the intervening object, obscurely projected, constantly changing and ...

Shadow Of Death

(tsalmaweth): The Hebrew word translated "shadow of death" is used poetically for thick darkness (Job 3:5), as descriptive of Sheol (Job 10:21f; 12:22;38:17); figuratively of de...

Shadrach

sha'-drak: The Babylonian name of one of the so-called Hebrew children. Shadrach is probably the Sumerian form of the Bah Kudurru-Aki, "servant of Sin." It has been suggested by...

Shady, Trees

shad'-i (Job 40:21f).SeeLOTUS TREES.

Shaft

shaft:Isa 49:2for chets, "an arrow"; alsoEx 25:31;37:17;Nu 8:4the King James Version for a part of the candlestick of the tabernacle somewhat vaguely designated by the word yare...

Shagee

sha'-ge (shaghe'; Codex Vaticanus Sola; Codex Alexandrinus Sage; the King James Version Shage): The father of Jonathan, one of David's heroes (1Ch 11:34).

Shahapaim

sha-ha-ra'-im (shacharayim; Codex Vaticanus Saarel; Codex Alexandrinus Saarem): A Benjamite name (1Ch 8:8). The passage is corrupt beyond only the most tentative emendation. "Sh...

Shahazumah

sha-ha-zoo'-ma, sha-haz'-oo-ma (shachatsumah; Codex Vaticanus Saleim kata thalassan; Codex Alexandrinus Saseimath; the King James Version Shahazimah, sha-haz'i-mah): A town in t...

Shalem

sha'-lem (shalem; eis Salem): The word as a place-name occurs only inGe 33:18. With Luther, following Septuagint, Peshitta and Vulgate, the King James Version reads "And Jacob c...

Shalim

sha'-lim.SeeSHAALIM.

Shalishah, Land Of

sha-li'-sha, shal'-i-sha ('erets shalishah; Codex Vaticanus he ge Selcha; Codex Alexandrinus he ge Salissa): If the general indication of the route followed by Saul, given under...

Shallecheth, The Gate

shal'-e-keth, sha-le'-keth (sha`ar shallekheth, i.e. as in margin, "Casting forth"): A gate of the temple "at the causeway that goeth up" (1Ch 26:16)--probably an ascent from th...

Shallum (1)

shal'-um (shallum, shallum; various forms in the Septuagint): This is the name of not less than 12 Hebrew persons:(1) The youngest son of Naphtali (1Ch 7:13). He is also called ...

Shallum (2)

(shallum, shallum, "the requited one" (2Ki 15:10-15)): The 15th king of Israel, and successor of Zechariah, whom he publicly assassinated in the 7th month of his reign. Nothing ...

Shallun

Shalmai

shal'-mi, shal'-ma-i: the King James Version form inEzr 2:46for "Shamlai";Ne 7:48"Salmai" (which see).

Shalman

shal'-man (shalman): A name of uncertain meaning, found only once in the Old Testament (Ho 10:14), in connection with a place-name, equally obscure, "as Shalman destroyed Bethar...

Shalmaneser

shal-ma-ne'-zer (shalman'ecer; Septuagint Samennasar, Salmandsar): The name of several Assyrian kings. SeeASSYRIA;CAPTIVITY. It is Shalmaneser IV who is mentioned in the Biblica...

Shama

sha'-ma (shama`): One of David's heroes (1Ch 11:44).

Shamai

sham'-a-i.SeeSALMAI.