Strong H7888שִׁילֹנִי
Shilonite
- Transliteration
- shîylônîy shîylônîy shilônîy
- Pronunciation
- (1,2&3) shee-lo-nee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
From H7887; a Shilonite or inhabitant of Shiloh: - Shilonite.
Detailed definition
Group of shi.loh (שִׁלוֹ "Shiloh" H7887)
In the biblical story
Shiloh
Israelite sanctuary and assembly point during the judges' period
Shiloh was an important Israelite sanctuary and assembly point during the period of the judges, where the tabernacle was set up and the land was allotted to the tribes (Josh. 18:1, 8-10; 19:51; 21:2; 22:9, 12; Judg. 18:31; 21:12, 19, 21; 1 Sam. 1:3, 9, 24; 2:14; 3:21; 4:3, 4, 12; 14:3; 1 Ki. 2:27; 14:2, 4; Ps. 78:60; Jer. 7:12, 14; 26:6, 9; 41:5).
In the Bible
Strong H7888 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shilonite5
- shilonites1
First verses
- 1 Kings 11:29And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
- 1 Kings 12:15Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Kings 15:29And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
- 1 Chronicles 9:5And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
- 2 Chronicles 9:29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
- 2 Chronicles 10:15So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.