Strong H8016שִׁלֵּמִי

Shillemite

Transliteration
shillêmîy
Pronunciation
shil-lay-mee
Morphology
Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patronymic from H8006; a Shilemite (collectively) or descendant of Shillem: - Shillemites.

Detailed definition

Someone descended from Shillem who was a man of the tribe of Naphtali living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.24;
son of: Naphtali (H5321);
brother of: Jahzeel (H3183), Guni (H1476) and Jezer (H3337); also called Shallum at 1Ch.7.13; Shillemite at Num.26.49;
Group of shil.lem (שִׁלֵּם "Shillem" H8006)

In the biblical story

Shillem

Son of Naphtali, ancestor of the Shillemites

Shillem (or Shallum), a son of Naphtali and ancestor of the Shillemite clan.

In the Bible

Strong H8016 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shillemites1

First verses

  1. Numbers 26:49
    Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
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