SHELOMOTH
the same as Shelomith, 3. (1 Chronicles 24:22)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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SHELUMIEL
(friend of God), the son of Zurishaddai, and prince of the tribe of Simeon at the time of the exodus. (Numbers 1:6; 2:12; 7:36,41; 10:19) (B.C. 1431.)
SHEM
(name), the eldest son of Noah. (Genesis 5:32) He was 98 years old, married, and childless at the time of the flood. After it, he, with his father, brothers, sisters-in-law and ...
SHEMA
A Reubenite, ancestor of Bela. (1 Chronicles 5:8) (B.C. before 1090.)Son of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:13) Probably the same as Shimhi. (B.C. after 1450.)One of those who stood at ...
SHEMAAH
(the rumor), a Benjamite of Gibeah, and father of Ahiezer and Joash. (1 Chronicles 12:3) (B.C. before 1054.)
SHEMAIAH
(heard by Jehovah).A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam’s reign. (2 Chronicl...
SHEMARIAH
(kept by Jehovah).A Benjamite warrior who came to David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5) (B.C. 1054.)One of the family of Harim, a lay man of Israel who put away his foreign wife ...
SHEMEBER
(lofty flight), king of Zeboim, and ally of the king of Sodom when he was attacked by Chedorlaomer. (B.C. 1912.)
SHEMER
(preserved), the owner of the hill on which the city of Samaria was built. (1 Kings 16:24) (B.C. 917.) [SAMARIA]
SHEMIDA
(wise), a son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32; Joshua 17:2) (B.C. after 1690.)
SHEMIDAH
Shemida the son of Gilead. (1 Chronicles 7:19)
SHEMIDAITES, THE
the descendants of Shemida the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)
SHEMINITH
(eighth), a musical term found in the title of (Psalms 6:1) A similar direction is found in the title of (Psalms 12:1) Comp. 1Chr 15:21 It seems most probable that Sheminith den...
SHEMITIC LANGUAGES
the family of languages spoken by the descendants of Shem, chiefly the Hebrew, Chaldaic, Assyrian, Arabic Phoenician and Aramaic or Syriac. The Jews in their earlier history spo...
SHEMUEL
(heard by God).A commissioner appointed from the tribe of Simeon to divide the land of Canaan. (Numbers 34:20) (B.C. 1450.)Samuel the prophet. (1 Chronicles 6:33)Son of Tola, an...
SHEN
(tooth), a place mentioned only in (1 Samuel 7:12) Nothing is known of it.
SHENAZAR
(splendid leader), son of Salathiel or Shealtiel. (1 Chronicles 3:18) (B.C. after 606.)
SHENIR
[SENIR]
SHEPHAM
(fruitful), a place on the eastern boundary of the promised land. (Numbers 34:10,11)
SHEPHATHIAH
a Benjamite, father of Meshullam 6. (1 Chronicles 9:8)
SHEPHATIAH
(judged by Jehovah).The fifth son of David. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3) (B.C. about 1050.)The family of Shephatiah, 372 in number, returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:4; Nehe...
SHEPHERD
In a nomadic state of society every man, from the sheikh down to the slave, is more or less a shepherd. The progenitors of the Jews in the patriarchal age were nomads, and their...
SHEPHI
(bareness), son of Shobal. of the sons of Seir. (1 Chronicles 1:40) Called also SHEPHO. (Genesis 36:23)
SHEPHO
(Genesis 36:23) [SHEPHI]
SHEPHUPHAN
(an adder), one of the sons of Bela the first-born of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:5) His name is also written SHEPHUPNAM (authorized Version "Shupham"), (Numbers 26:39) SHUPPIM (1...
SHERAH
(kinswoman), daughter of Ephraim, (1 Chronicles 7:24) and foundress of the Beth-horons and of a town called after her Uzzen-sherah, (B.C. about 1445.)
SHEREBIAH
(heat of Jehovah) a Levite in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 8:18,24) (B.C. 459.) When Ezra read the law to the people, Sherebiah was among the Levites who assisted him. (Nehemiah 8:7)...