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Lexicon :: Strong's H7956 - šēlâ

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שֵׁלָה
Transliteration
šēlâ
Pronunciation
shay-law'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as שְׁאֵלָה (H7596) (shortened)
Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁלָה Shêlâh, shay-law'; the same as H7596 (shortened); request; Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite:—Shelah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7956 in the following manner: Shelah (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7956 in the following manner: Shelah (8x).

  1. Shelah = "a petition"

    1. the youngest son of Judah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁלָה Shêlâh, shay-law'; the same as H7596 (shortened); request; Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite:—Shelah.
STRONGS H7956: Abbreviations
† II. שֵׁלָה proper name, masculine son of Judah, Σηλωμ[ν]: Genesis 38:5, 11, 14, 26 (J), Genesis 46:12 (P); Numbers 26:20 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:3; 1 Chronicles 4:21.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:5; 38:11; 38:14; 38:26; 46:12

Numbers

26:20

1 Chronicles

2:3; 4:21

H7956

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7956 matches the Hebrew שֵׁלָה (šēlâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:5 - And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: H7956 and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah H7956 my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah H7956 was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:26 - And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah H7956 my son. And he knew her again no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:12 - And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, H7956 and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:20 - And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, H7956 the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3 - The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: H7956 which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21 - The sons of Shelah H7956 the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
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