Bible Names N-Z

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 Hitchcock's Bible Names

captivity; old man; repose; oath...

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Shaphan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sha'-fan (shaphan, "rockbadger," English Versions of the Bible "coney"; Saphphan): An old totem clan name (so W.R. Smith; compare, however, the article TOTEMISM; Gray, Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 103 ff, and Jacob's Studies in Biblical Archaeology, 84 ff). (1) Son of Azaliah and scribe of King Josiah. He received from Hilkiah the Boo...

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Shaphat in Easton's Bible Dictionary

judge. (1.) One of the spies. He represented the tribe of Simeon (Num. 13:5). (2.) The father of Elisha (1 Kings 19:16-19). (3.) One of David's chief herdsmen (1 Chr. 27:29)....

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Sharezer in Hitchcock's Bible Names

overseer of the treasury...

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Shaphan in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A scribe of King Josiah 2Ki 22:3-14; 2Ch 34:8-20 Father of Gemariah Jer 36:10-12 -2. The father of Ahikam and the grandfather of Gedaliah 2Ki 22:12; 25:22; 2Ch 34:20; Jer 26:24; 39:14; 40:5,9,11; 41:2; 43:6 -3. Father of Elasah Jer 29:3 -4. Father of Jaazaniah Eze 8:11...

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Shaphat in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("judge".) 1. Numbers 13:5. 2. 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:19. 3. 1 Chronicles 3:22. 4. 1 Chronicles 5:12. 5. 1 Chronicles 27:29....

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Shavsha in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

shav'-sha (shawsha'; in 2 Sam 20:25, Kethibh, sheya', Kere, shewa', English Versions of the Bible "Sheva," are refuted by the Septuagint; in 2 Sam 8:15-18, in other respects identical with Chronicles, "Seraiah" is found; the Septuagint varies greatly in all passages; it is the general consensus that Shavsha is correct): State secretary or scri...

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Shaphan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(coney), the scribe or secretary of King Josiah. 2Ki 22:3,14; 2Ch 34:8,20 (B.C. 628.) He appears on an equality with the governor of the city and the royal recorder. 2Ki 22:4; 2Ch 34:9...

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