Strong H7956שֵׁלָה
Shelah
- Transliteration
- shêlâh
- Pronunciation
- shay-law'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
The same as H7596 (shortened);
request;
{Shelah} the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite: - Shelah.
request;
{Shelah} the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite: - Shelah.
Meaning of the name
Shelah = "a petition"
Detailed definition
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.5;
son of: Judah (H3063) and Bath-shua (H1323I);
brother of: Er (H6147) and Onan (H209);
half-brother of: Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I);
father of: Er (H6147H), Laadah (H3935), Jokim (H3137), Joash (H3101K) and Saraph (H8315); also called Shelanite at Num.26.20;
Also named: she.la.ni (שֵׁלָנִי "Shelanite" H8024)
son of: Judah (H3063) and Bath-shua (H1323I);
brother of: Er (H6147) and Onan (H209);
half-brother of: Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I);
father of: Er (H6147H), Laadah (H3935), Jokim (H3137), Joash (H3101K) and Saraph (H8315); also called Shelanite at Num.26.20;
Also named: she.la.ni (שֵׁלָנִי "Shelanite" H8024)
In the biblical story
Shelah
Judah's youngest son and his descendants
Shelah, Judah's third son, and his descendants, the Shelanites.
In the Bible
Strong H7956 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shelah8
First verses
- Genesis 38:5And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
- Genesis 38:11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
- Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
- Genesis 38:26And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
- Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:20And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.
- 1 Chronicles 4:21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,