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Shilhim — the meaning of the Hebrew name שִׁלְחִים

שִׁלְחִים

Shilchîym · pronounced shil-kheem' · Strong's H7978 · a place

Shilhim means javelins or sprouts.

Built from

שֶׁלַח shelach (plural of, H7973) — a missile of attack, i.e. spear open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

plural of H7973; javelins or sprouts; Shilchim, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Josh 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: (KJV)

Every verse that names Shilhim

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

Josh 15:32

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