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Shalisha — the meaning of the Hebrew name שָׁלִשָׁה

שָׁלִשָׁה

Shâlishâh · pronounced shaw-lee-shaw' · Strong's H8031 · a woman

Shalisha means trebled land.

Built from

שָׁלַשׁ shâlash (feminine from, H8027) — to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

feminine from H8027; trebled land; Shalishah, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

1Sam 9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. (KJV)

Every verse that names Shalisha

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Samuel

1Sam 9:4

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