Strong's H4918 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: מְשֻׁלָּם (Mᵉshullâm)

Pronunciation: mesh-ool-lawm'

POS: mesh-ool-lawm' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: from ; allied;

Definition: from שָׁלַם; allied; Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites; Meshullam.

KJV Usage: Meshullam.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Meshullam = "friend"
• 2. 1) grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe
• 3. 2) son of Zerubbabel
• 4. 3) a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal
• 5. 4) a Benjamite, father of Sallu
• 6. 5) a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity
• 7. 6) a Benjamite
• 8. 6a) perhaps the same as 3 or 4
• 9. 7) a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah
• 10. 8) son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem
• 11. 9) son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem
• 12. 10) a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
• 13. 11) father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah
• 14. 11a) perhaps the same as 'Shallum'
• 15. 12) a priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth, son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai
• 16. 13) a priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
• 17. 14) a priest, head of the family of Ginnethon and representative of the house of Ezra in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua
• 18. 15) a priest, one of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem
• 19. 16) a Kohathite or family of Kohathite Levites in the reign of Josiah
• 20. 17) a Levite, one of the heads sent to Iddo to gather the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem; a chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had made with foreign wives
• 21. 18) ancestor of a family of porters or Levites in days of Nehemiah
• 22. 19) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife and put her away
• 23. 20) one of the men who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people
• 24. 20a) maybe the same as 17

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