Bible Names N-Z

Shechaniah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(dweller with Jehovah). 1. The tenth in order of the priests who were appointed by lot in the reign of David. 1Ch 24:11 (B.C. 1014.) 2. A priest in the reign of Hezekiah. 2Ch 31:15 (B.C. 925.)...

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Shechem in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("shoulder", or "upper part of the back just below the neck"); explained as if the town were on the shoulder of the heights dividing the waters that flow toward the Mediterranean on the W. and to the Jordan on the E.; or on a shoulder or ridge connected with Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. Also called SICHEM, SYCHEM, and SYCHAR (John 4:5; Joshua 20:...

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Shear-Jashub in Naves Topical Bible

-A son of Isaiah Isa 7:3...

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Sheba in Easton's Bible Dictionary

an oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf. (2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of the Sabeans. (3.) Heb. id. A son of Jokshan, who was a son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:3). (4.) Heb. id. A kingdom in Arabia Felix. Sheb...

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Shealtiel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

she-ol'-ti-el (she'alti'el, but in Hag 1:12,14; 2:2, shalti'el; Septuagint and the New Testament always Salathiel, hence, "Salathiel" of 1 Esdras 5:5,48,56; 6:2; the King James Version of Mt 1:12; Lk 3:27): Father of Zerubbabel (Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; Neh 12:1; Hag 1:1,12,14; 2:2,23). But, according to 1 Ch 3:17, Shealtiel was the oldest son of King ...

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Shear-Jashub in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(lit. a remnant shall return), the symbolical name of the son of Isaiah the prophet. Isa 7:3...

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Shealtiel in Naves Topical Bible

-Also called SALATHIEL -Father of Zerubbabel and an ancestor of Jesus 1Ch 3:17; Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; Ne 12:1; Hag 1:1,12,14; 2:2,23; Mt 1:12; Lu 3:27...

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Shear-Jashub in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a remnant shall escape or return (i.e., to God), a symbolical name which the prophet Isaiah gave to his son (Isa. 7:3), perhaps his eldest son....

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Sheba in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Bichri a Benjamite, a man of Belial (2 Samuel 20:1- 22). The tribe of Benjamin through Sheba sought to regain the ascendancy which it lost at Saul's fall. Judah alone remained faithful to David "from Jordan even to Jerusalem"; the rest of Israel followed Sheba. The division between Israel and Judah already had shown itself under Ishbo...

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