Strong's H7967 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: שַׁלּוּם (Shallûwm)

Pronunciation: shal-loom'

POS: shal-loom' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or (shorter) ; the same as ;

Definition: or (shorter) שַׁלֻּם; the same as שִׁלּוּם; Shallum, the name of fourteen Israelites; Shallum.

KJV Usage: Shallum.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Shallum = "retribution"
• 2. 1) son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 15th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem
• 3. 2) the 3rd son of king Josiah of Judah and subsequent king of Judah; reigned for 3 months before he was taken captive to Egypt where he was placed in chains and later died
• 4. 2a) also 'Jehoahaz'
• 5. 3) husband of Huldah the prophetess in the reign of king Josiah of Judah. Maybe the same as 4
• 6. 4) uncle of Jeremiah the prophet. Maybe the same as 3
• 7. 5) a Simeonite, son of Shaul and grandson of Simeon
• 8. 6) a Judaite, son of Sisamai and father of Jekamiah in the family of Jerahmeel
• 9. 7) an Ephraimite, father of Jehizkiah
• 10. 8) a son of Naphtali
• 11. 9) a Korahite Levite, chief of a family of gatekeepers for the east gate of the temple
• 12. 9a) maybe same as 13
• 13. 10) son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem; also repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
• 14. 11) a priest, of the family of Eleazar, son of Zadok and father of Hilkiah in the family line of Ezra
• 15. 12) a Korahite Levite, son of Kore, father of Maaseiah, and in charge of the work of the service. Maybe same as 9
• 16. 13) a Levite gatekeeper who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
• 17. 14) a Levite and descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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