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Strong H7974שֶׁ֫לַח

Shelah

Transliteration
shelach
Pronunciation
sheh'-lakh
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

The same as H7973; {Shelach} a postdiluvian patriarch: - {Salah} Shelah. Compare H7975 .

Meaning of the name

Salah or Shelah = "sprout"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.24;
son of: Cainan (G2536);
father of: Eber (H5677)
Also named: Sala (Σαλά "Shelah" G4527H)

In the biblical story

Shelah

Son of Arpachshad and ancestor of Abraham

Shelah, son of Arpachshad and ancestor of Abraham in Luke's genealogy.

In the Bible

Strong H7974 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • salah5
  • shelah2

First verses

  1. Genesis 10:24
    And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
  2. Genesis 11:12
    And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
  3. Genesis 11:13
    And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
  4. Genesis 11:14
    And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
  5. Genesis 11:15
    And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
  6. 1 Chronicles 1:18
    And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
  7. 1 Chronicles 1:24
    Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
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