Affair
שְׁאֵלָאStrong’s H7595sheela (she-e-la)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Sheela is the Aramaic word usually translated “affair the”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.”
Meaning
- Affair, request
How it's translated
- affair the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
שְׁאֵלָא sheela · affair
affair, request Aramaic of she.e.lah (שְׁאֵלָה "petition" H7596)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “affair” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AFFA'IR, noun
[Latin facere. The primary sense of facio is to urge, drive, impel.]
- Business of any kind; that which is done, or is to be done; a word of very indefinite and undefinable signification.
- Matters; state; condition of business or concerns.“I have sent that ye may know our affairs” Ephesians 6:22
- In the singular, it is used for a private dispute, or duel; as, an affair of honor; and sometimes a partial engagement of troops.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.