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Shaalabbin — the meaning of the Hebrew name שַׁעַלְבִים

שַׁעַלְבִים

Shaʻalbîym · pronounced shah-al-beem' · Strong's H8169 · a place · also spelled Shaalbim

Shaalabbin means fox-holes.

Built from

שׁוּעָל shûwʻâl (plural from, H7776) — a jackal (as a burrower) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or שַׁעֲלַבִּין; plural from H7776; fox-holes; Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Josh 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, (KJV)

Every verse that names Shaalabbin

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Joshua, Judges, 1 Kings

Josh 19:42Judg 1:351Kgs 4:9

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