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Shelah

That breaks; that unties; Shelah is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “that breaks; that unties; that undresses.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4527, H7956
Hebrew
שֵׁלָה · Shêlâh
Greek
Σαλά · Sala
Name meaning
that breaks; that unties; that undresses According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Σαλά

G4527
Transliteration
Sala
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

Shelah, Sala

Lexicon definition

Σαλά, ὁ indecl. (Heb. שֶׁלַח), Sala, Shalah: Luk.3:32 (R, txt., Σαλμών, which see), Luk.3:35.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שֵׁלָה

H7956
Transliteration
Shêlâh
Pronunciation
shay-law'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
8

Glosses

Shelah.

Lexicon definition

Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שֶׁלַח

H7973
Transliteration
shelach
Pronunciation
sheh'-lakh
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
8

Glosses

dart, plant, [idiom] put off, sword, weapon.

Lexicon definition

a missile of attack, i.e. spear

also (figuratively) a shoot of growth

i.e. branch

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שֶׁלַח

H7974
Transliteration
Shelach
Pronunciation
sheh'-lakh
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
9

Glosses

Salah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.

Lexicon definition

Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Shelah

that breaks; that unties; that undresses

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Shelah

Indexed occurrences: 20

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All Scripture references19 references

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Shelah

Meaning:
that breaks; that unties; that undresses

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