`valor`
סַלָּ֑יStrong’s H5543sallay (sal-lay)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sallay is the Hebrew word usually translated “sallu”, “salu” and “sallai”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.8; also translated "valor"
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.7; also called Sallai at Neh.12.20
- A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.25.14
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.7
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.7; also called Sallai at Neh.12.20
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.7
How it's translated
- sallu 3
- salu 1
- sallai 1
- of sallai 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 4
- Numbers 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 9:7And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
- Nehemiah 11:7And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
- Nehemiah 11:8And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
- Nehemiah 12:7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
- Nehemiah 12:20Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
Hebrew dictionary
סַלָּ֑י sallay · `valor`
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.8; also translated "valor"; § Sallu or Salu or Sallai = "weighed" a Benjamite
סַלּוּ sallu · Sallu
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.7; also called Sallai at Neh.12.20; Also named: sal.lay (סַלַּי "Sallai" H5543E) § Sallu or Salu or Sallai = "weighed" a priest in the time of Zerubbabel
סַלוּא salu · Salu
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.25.14; father of: Zimri (H2174) § Sallu or Salu or Sallai = "weighed" father of Zimri, the prince of the Simeonites, who was slain by Phinehas
סַלּוּא sallu · Sallu
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.7; son of: Meshullam (H4918K) § Sallu or Salu or Sallai = "weighed" a post exilic Benjamite
סַלַּי sallay · Sallai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.7; also called Sallai at Neh.12.20; Also named: sal.lu (סַלּוּ "Sallu" H5543B) § Sallu or Salu or Sallai = "weighed" a Benjamite
סַלּוּא sallu · Sallu
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.7; son of: Meshullam (H4918W) § Sallu or Salu or Sallai = "weighed" a Benjamite
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “valor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VAL'OR, noun
[Latin valor valeo, to be strong, to be worth.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.