Shiloah — the meaning of the Hebrew name שִׁלֹחַ

שִׁלֹחַ

Shilôach · pronounced shee-lo'-akh · Strong's H7975 · a place · also spelled Siloah

Shiloah means rill.

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Strong's definition

or (in imitation of H7974) שֶׁלַח; (Nehemiah 3:15), from H7971; rill; Shiloach, a fountain of Jerusalem.

First appearance

Neh 3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. (KJV)

Every verse that names Shiloah

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Nehemiah, Isaiah

Neh 3:15Isa 8:6

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