Strong H8026שֶׁ֫לֶף

Sheleph

Transliteration
sheleph
Pronunciation
sheh'-lef
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H8025; extract;
{sheleph} a son of Jokthan: - Sheleph.

Meaning of the name

Sheleph = "a drawing forth"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.26;
son of: Joktan (H3355);
brother of: Almodad (H486), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H39), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103)

In the biblical story

Sheleph

Son of Joktan, descendant of Shem

Sheleph, a son of Joktan and descendant of Shem.

In the Bible

Strong H8026 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sheleph2

First verses

  1. Genesis 10:26
    And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:20
    And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
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