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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 DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8026 - שֶׁלֶף

Transliteration

sheleph

Phonetics

sheh'-lef

Origin

from (H8025)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Sheleph = "a drawing forth"
1. the 2nd son of Joktan and a descendant of Shem

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

CSB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

KJV (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

LEB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

LSB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[שֶׁ֫לָף] proper name, masculine son of Joktan; — שָׁ֑לֶף Genesis 10:26 = 1 Chronicles 1:20; Σαλεφ; identification by Os^{ZMG xi (1857), 153f.} with South Arabic tribe

, compare Mordtm^{ZMG xxxix (1885), 228} Glas^{Skizze ii. 425 HomLChr 70}, and see Di Dr.

שׁלשׁ (√ of following; meaning unknown; conjectures in Dietr^{Wortforsch. 229 n}.; compare Lag^{BN 173}).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שֶׁלֶף [Sheleph], pr.n. of a tribe of Arabia Felix, Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20 perhaps Σαλαπηνοί, mentioned by Ptolemy (vi. 7), amongst the tribes of the interior.

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List of Word Forms

שָׁ֑לֶף שלף šā·lep̄ šālep̄ Shalef