Sheleph
שֶׁ֫לֶףStrong’s H8026sheleph (she-leph)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sheleph is the Hebrew word usually translated “sheleph”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.26
How it's translated
- sheleph 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שֶׁ֫לֶף sheleph · Sheleph
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.26; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Sheleph = "a drawing forth" the 2nd son of Joktan and a descendant of Shem
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.