Strong's Hebrew · H7974

שֶׁלַח

Shelach · sheh'-lakh

Salah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.

Definition

Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch

Derivation

the same as H7973 (שֶׁלַח);

Appears 9 times in Scripture

Genesis 11:12

When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

Genesis 11:15

And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 10:24

Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

1 Chronicles 1:24

So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,

Genesis 11:13

And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14

When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

1 Chronicles 1:18

Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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