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Shamsherai — the meaning of the Hebrew name שַׁמְשְׁרַי

שַׁמְשְׁרַי

Shamshᵉray · pronounced sham-sher-ah'-ee · Strong's H8125 · a man

Shamsherai means sunlike.

Built from

שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh (apparently from, H8121) — the sun open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

apparently from H8121; sunlike; Shamsherai, an Israelite.

First appearance

1Chr 8:26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, (KJV)

Every verse that names Shamsherai

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 8:26

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