SHERESH
(root), son of Machir the son of Manasseh by his wife Manchah. (1 Chronicles 7:16) (B.C. before 1419.)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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SHEREZER
(prince of fire), one of the people’s messengers mentioned in (Zechariah 7:2)
SHESHACH
(from the goddess Shach, reduplicated) is a term which occurs only in (Jeremiah 25:26; 51:41) where it is evidently used as a synonym for either Babylon or Babylonia.
SHESHAI
(noble), one of the three sons of Anak who dwelt in Hebron. (Numbers 13:22) (B.C. 1445.)
SHESHAN
(Noble), a descendant of Jerahmeel the son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:31,34,35) (B.C. after 1690.)
SHESHBAZZAR
(worshipper of fire), the Chaldean or Persian name given to Zerubbabel in (Ezra 1:8,11; 6:14,18) [ZERUBBABEL]
SHETH
(compensation).The patriarch Seth. (1 Chronicles 1:1)In the Authorized Version of (Numbers 24:17) not a proper name, but there is reason to regard it as an appellative. Read ins...
SHETHAR
(Pers. a star), one of the seven princes of Persia and Media. (Esther 1:14) (B.C. 483.)
SHETHARBOZNAI
(Pers. star of splendor), a Persian officer of rank in the reign of Darius Hystaspes. (Ezra 5:3,6; 6:6,13) (B.C. 320.)
SHEVA
(Jehovah contends).The scribe or royal secretary of David. (2 Samuel 20:26) He is called elsewhere MERAIAH, (2 Samuel 8:17) SHISHA, (1 Kings 4:3) And SHANSHA. (1 Chronicles 18:1...
SHEWBREAD
(Exodus 25:30; 35:13; 39:36) etc. literally "bread of the face" or "faces." Shew-bread was unleavened bread placed upon a table which stood in the sanctuary together with the se...
SHIBBOLETH
(a stream), (Judges 12:6) is the Hebrew word which the Gileadites under Jephthah made use of at the passage of the Jordan, after a victory over the Ephraimites, to test the pron...
SHIBMAH
(properly SIBMAH). [SHEBAM]
SHICRON
(drunkenness), one of the landmarks at the western end of the north boundary of Judah. (Joshua 15:11) only. It lay between Ekron (Akir) and Jabneel (Yebna).
SHIELD
The ordinary shield consisted of a framework of wood covered with leather; it thus admitted of being burnt. (Ezekiel 39:9) It was frequently cased with metal, either brass or co...
SHIGGAION
(Psalms 7:1) a particular kind of psalm, the specific character of which is now not known perhaps a "wild, mournful ode."
SHIHON
(ruin), a town of Issachar, named only in (Joshua 19:19) Eusebius mentions it as then existing "near Mount Tabor."
SHIHOR OF EGYPT
[SIHOR]
SHIHORLIBNATH
(black of whiteness), named only in (Joshua 19:26) as one of the landmarks of the boundary of Asher. (probably the little stream called on the map of Pal. Ord. Survey Wady en Ne...
SHILHI
(armed), the father of Azubah the mother of Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:42; 2 Chronicles 20:31) (B.C. before 946.)
SHILHIM
(fountains), one of the cities in the southern portion of the tribe of Judah. (Joshua 15:32)
SHILLEM
(requital), son of Naphtali and an ancestor of the family of the Shillemites. (Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:49)
SHILLEMITES, THE
[SHILLEM]
SHILOAH, THE WATERS OF
a certain soft-flowing stream, (Isaiah 8:6) better known under the later name of Siloam -the only perennial spring of Jerusalem.
SHILOH
(place of rest), a city of Ephraim. In (Judges 21:19) it is said that Shiloh is "on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Sheche...
SHILOH
In the Authorized Version of the Bible Shiloh is once used as the name of a person, in a very difficult passage, in (Genesis 49:10) "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor...
SHILONI
This word occurs in the Authorized Version only in (Nehemiah 11:5) where it should be rendered --as it is in other cases-- "the Shilonite," that is the descendant of Sheluh the ...