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				Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon 
Strong's #1114 - בִּלְשָׁן
Transliteration 
Bilshân
Phonetics
bil-shawn'
				
					
					
				
	
Origin
of uncertain derivation
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition   
		- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
			
		- Bilshan = "in slander"- an exile who returned with Zerubbabel
 
Frequency Lists 
		- Book
- Word
Verse Results 
				
		ASV (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					BSB (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					CSB (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					ESV (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					KJV (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					LEB (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					LSB (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					N95 (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					NAS (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					NLT (0)
					The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
					did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
					
							Ezra
							1
						
						
							Nehemiah
							1
						
					Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
		
 בִּלְשָׁן  proper name, masculine (=  inquirer? Late Hebrew & Aramaic בלשׁ; compare below בן) an Israelite who returned with Zerubbabel Ezra 2:2 = Nehemiah 7:7. 
	
		
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com 
		Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
		בִּלְשָׁן (i.q. בֶּן־לָשׁוֹן “son of tongue”=“eloquent,” compare under בִּדְקַר), [Bilshan], pr.n. of a leader, who returned with Zerubbabel from the exile. Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7.
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		List of Word Forms
		בִּלְשָׁ֛ן בלשן bil·šān bilšān bilShan