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Lexicon :: Strong's H7956 - šēlâ

Aa
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 - And she H3254➔ yet again H5750 conceived, ➔H3254 and bare H3205 a son; H1121 and called H7121 his name H8034 Shelah: H7956 and he was H1961 at Chezib, H3580 when she bare H3205 him. H853

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then said H559 Judah H3063 to Tamar H8559 his daughter in law, H3618 Remain H3427 a widow H490 at H1004➔ thy father's H1 house, ➔H1004 till H5704 Shelah H7956 my son H1121 be grown: H1431 for H3588 he said, H559 Lest peradventure H6435 he H1931 die H4191 also, H1571 as his brethren H251 did. And H3212➔ Tamar H8559 went ➔H3212 and dwelt H3427 in H1004➔ her father's H1 house. ➔H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - And she put H5493➔ her widow's H491 garments H899 off ➔H5493 from her, H5921 and covered her H3680 with a vail, H6809 and wrapped herself, H5968 and sat H3427 in an open place, H6607 H5879 which H834 is by H5921 the way H1870 to Timnath; H8553 for H3588 she saw H7200 that H3588 Shelah H7956 was grown, H1431 and she H1931 was H5414➔ not H3808 given ➔H5414 unto him to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:26 - And H5234➔ Judah H3063 acknowledged ➔H5234 them, and said, H559 She hath been H6663➔ more H4480➔ righteous ➔H6663 than I; ➔H4480 H3651 because that H3588 H5921 I gave her H5414 not H3808 to Shelah H7956 my son. H1121 And H3808➔ he knew her H3045 again H3254 no ➔H3808 more. H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:12 - And the sons H1121 of Judah; H3063 Er, H6147 and Onan, H209 and Shelah, H7956 and Pharez, H6557 and Zerah: H2226 but H4191➔ Er H6147 and Onan H209 died ➔H4191 in the land H776 of Canaan. H3667 And H1961➔ the sons H1121 of Pharez H6557 were ➔H1961 Hezron H2696 and Hamul. H2538

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:20 - And H1961➔ the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 after their families H4940 were; ➔H1961 of Shelah, H7956 the family H4940 of the Shelanites: H8024 of Pharez, H6557 the family H4940 of the Pharzites: H6558 of Zerah, H2226 the family H4940 of the Zarhites. H2227

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3 - The sons H1121 of Judah; H3063 Er, H6147 and Onan, H209 and Shelah: H7956 which three H7969 were born H3205 unto him of the daughter H1323 of Shua H7774 the Canaanitess. H3669 And H1961➔ Er, H6147 the firstborn H1060 of Judah, H3063 was ➔H1961 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD; H3068 and he slew him. H4191

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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 them that wrought H5656 fine linen, H948 of the house H1004 of Ashbea, H791
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