Strong H7968שַׁלּוּן

Shallum

Transliteration
shalûn
Pronunciation
shal-loon'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

Probably for H7967; {Shallun} an Israelite: - Shallum.

Meaning of the name

Shallun = "retribution"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.15;
son of: Col-hozeh (H3626)

In the biblical story

Shallum

Son of Col-hozeh, repaired the Fountain Gate

Shallum, the son of Col-hozeh and ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate and the wall of the Pool of Shelah during Nehemiah's rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls.

In the Bible

Strong H7968 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shallun1

First verses

  1. Nehemiah 3:15
    But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
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