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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 BoxGen 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:5 - She bore H3205 still H5750 another H3254 son H1121 and named H7121 H8034 him Shelah; H7956 and it was at Chezib H3580 [fn]that she bore H3205 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then Judah H3063 said H559 to his daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar, H8559 “Remain H3427 a widow H490 in your father’s H1 house H1004 until H5704 my son H1121 Shelah H7956 grows H1431 up”; for he [fn]thought, H559 “I am afraid that he too H1571 may die H4191 like his brothers.” H251 So Tamar H8559 went H1980 and lived H3427 in her father’s H1 house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - So she [fn]removed H5493 her widow’s H491 garments H899 and covered H3680 herself with a [fn]veil, H6809 and wrapped H5968 herself, and sat H3427 in the gateway H6607 of [fn]Enaim, H5879 which H834 is on the road H1870 to Timnah; H8553 for she saw H7200 that Shelah H7956 had grown H1431 up, and she had not been given H5414 to him as a wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:26 - Judah H3063 recognized H5234 them, and said, H559 “She is more H4480 righteous H6663 than H4480 I, inasmuch H3588 H5921 H3651 as I did not give H5414 her to my son H1121 Shelah.” H7956 And he did not [fn]have H3045 relations H3045 with her again. H3254 H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:12 - The sons H1121 of Judah: H3063 Er H6147 and Onan H209 and Shelah H7956 and Perez H6557 and Zerah H2226 (but Er H6147 and Onan H209 died H4191 in the land H776 of Canaan). H3667 And the sons H1121 of Perez H6557 were Hezron H2696 and Hamul. H2538

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:20 - The sons H1121 of Judah H3063 according to their families H4940 were: of Shelah, H7956 the family H4940 of the Shelanites; H8024 of Perez, H6557 the family H4940 of the Perezites; H6558 of Zerah, H2226 the family H4940 of the Zerahites. H2227

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3 - The sons H1121 of Judah H3063 were Er, H6147 Onan H209 and Shelah; H7956 these three H7969 were born H3205 to him by Bath-shua H1340 the Canaanitess. H3669 And Er, H6147 Judah’s H3063 firstborn, H1060 was wicked H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 so He put H4191 him to death. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21 - The sons H1121 of Shelah H7956 the son H1121 of Judah H3063 were Er H6147 the father H1 of Lecah H3922 and Laadah H3935 the father H1 of Mareshah, H4762 and the families H4940 of the house H1004 of the linen H948 workers H5656 at Beth-ashbea; H1004 H791
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