Bible Names N-Z

Shabbethai in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A Levite, assistant to Ezra Ezr 10:15 -2. An expounder of the law Ne 8:7 -3. A chief Levite, an attendant of the temple Ne 11:16...

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Shadrach in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Aku's command, the Chaldean name given to Hananiah, one of the Hebrew youths whom Nebuchadnezzar carried captive to Babylon (Dan. 1:6, 7; 3:12-30). He and his two companions refused to bow down before the image which Nebuchadnezzar had set up on the plains of Dura. Their conduct filled the king with the greatest fury, and he commanded them...

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Shabbethai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(sabbatical) a Levite in the time of Ezra. Ezr 10:15 It is apparently the same who with Jeshua and others instructed the people in the knowledge of the law. Ne 8:7 (B.C. 450.)...

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Shalman in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

shal'-man (shalman): A name of uncertain meaning, found only once in the Old Testament (Hos 10:14), in connection with a place-name, equally obscure, "as Shalman destroyed Betharbel." Shalman is most commonly interpreted as a contracted form of Shalmaneser, the name of several Assyrian kings. If this explanation is correct, the king referred t...

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Shabbethai in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Sabbath-born, a Levite who assisted in expounding the law and investigating into the illegal marriages of the Jews (Ezra 10:15; Neh. 8:7; 11:16)....

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Shadrach in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The Chaldee for Hananiah. (See HANANIAH; MESHECH.) Hebrews 11:33-34....

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Shalman in Naves Topical Bible

-Identified by some authorities with Shalmaneser Ho 10:14 -Other authorities disagree, and leave his identity uncertain...

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Serug in Easton's Bible Dictionary

branch, the father of Nahor (Gen. 11:20-23); called Saruch in Luke 3:35....

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