Bible Names N-Z

Samuel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("asked of God".) Greek Theaitetus; or probably "heard of God". Last of the judges, first of the successional prophets (Moses was a prophet, Deuteronomy 18:15, but more a lawgiver; Acts 3:24, "all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after," Acts 13:20, shows Samuel was first of the succession); founder of the monarchy. He gives name...

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Saph in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

saf (caph; Codex Vaticanus Saph; Codex Alexandrinus Sephe): A Philistine, one of the four champions of the race of Rapha ("giant") who was slain by Sibbecai, one of David's heroes (2 Sam 21:18; 1 Ch 20:4). It is supposed by some that he was the son of the giant Goliath, but this is not proved. In 1 Ch 20:4, the same person is called "Sippai."...

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Sallai in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sal'-a-i, sal'-i (callay; Salom; Codex Alexandrinus Salo, with variants): (1) Eponym of a Benjamite family which settled at Jerusalem after the return, descendants of "Sallu" (1 Ch 9:7; Neh 11:7,8); the pedigrees of Sallu differ decidedly in the two passages. Curtis (ICC) suggests that "son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah" (Chronicles) is a ...

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Sallu in Easton's Bible Dictionary

weighed. (1.) A priest (Neh. 12:7). (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 9:7; Neh. 11:7)....

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Samgar-nebo in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sam-gar-ne'-bo (camgar nebho, a Babylonian name): An officer of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who, according to the Massoretic Text of Jer 39:3, took his seat with other nobles in the middle gate of Jerusalem after the Chaldean army had taken the city. Schrader (COT, ii, 109) holds that the name is a Hebraized form of the Assyrian Sumgirnab...

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Sallai in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A Benjamite living in Jerusalem Ne 11:8 -2. A priest who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel Ne 12:20 Called SALLU Ne 12:7...

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Sallu in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 11:7; 1 Chronicles 9:7....

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Samgar-nebo in Naves Topical Bible

-(A prince of Babylon) -At the siege of Jerusalem Jer 39:3...

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Salathiel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sa-la'-thi-el: (1) (Salathiel): the King James Version; Greek form of "Shealtiel" (thus the Revised Version (British and American)). The father of Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:5,48,56; 6:2; Mt 1:12; Lk 3:27). (2) Revised Version: Another name of Esdras (2 Esdras 3:1, "Salathiel")....

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Sallai in Easton's Bible Dictionary

basket-maker. (1.) A Benjamite (Neh. 11:8). (2.) A priest in the days of Joshua and Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:20)....

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