Strong H79752 sensesשֶׁ֫לַח

Shelah · Shiloah

Transliteration
shillôach shelach
Pronunciation
{shee-lo'-akh} sheh'-lakh

Meaning of the name

Shelah = "sent"

The 2 senses of Strong H7975

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7975 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. ShelahH7975APool and tunnel in Jerusalem1 verse · Nehemiah
  2. ShiloahשִׁלֹחַH7975BPool and tunnel in Jerusalem1 verse · Isaiah

General definition

The second form is in imitation of {H7974 } used in ; from H7971; rill;
{Shiloach} a fountain of Jerusalem: - {Shiloah} Siloah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • shiloah1
  • siloah1

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.
  2. Isaiah 8:6
    Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;