SHASHAK sha'-shak (shashak): Eponym of a Benjamite family (1 Chronicles 8:14,25). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHASHAK'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHASHAI sha'-shi (shashay; Sesei): One of the sons of Bani who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:40) = "Sesis" in 1 Esdras 9:34. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHASHAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHARUHEN sha-roo'-hen (sharuchen; hoi agroi auton): One of the cities in the territory of Judah assigned to Simeon (Joshua 19:6). In Joshua 15:32 it is called "Shilhim," and in 1 Chronicles 4:31, "Shaaraim" (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SH

SHARONITE shar'-un-it (ha-sharoni; ho Saroneites): Applied in Scripture only to Shitrai (1 Chronicles 27:29). See SHARON. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHARONITE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAREZER sha-re'zer (sar'etser, shar'etser): Corresponds to the Assyrian Shar-ucur, "protect the king"; found otherwise, not as a complete name, but as elements in personal names, e.g. Bel-shar-ucur, "may Bel protect the king," which is the equivalent of Belshazzar (Daniel 5:1). The name is borne by two persons in the Old Testament: (1) The son o

SHARON shar'-un (ha-sharon, with the definite article possibly meaning "the plain"; to pedion, ho drumos, ho Saron): (1) This name is attached to the strip of fairly level land which runs between the mountains and the shore of the Mediterranean, stretching from Nahr Ruben in the South to Mt. Carmel in the North. There are considerable rolling hill

SHARE shar. See PLOW. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHARE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHARAR sha'-rar. See SACAR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHARAR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHARAIM sha-ra'-im. See SHAARAIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHARAIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAPHIR sha'-fer (shaphir, "glittering"; kalos; the King James Version Saphir): One of a group of towns mentioned in Micah 1:10-15. From the association with Gath, Achzib (of Judah) and Mareshah, it would seem that the places mentioned were in Southwestern Palestine. According to Eusebius, in Onomasticon, there was a Sapheir, "in the hill country"

SHAPHER sha'-fer. See SHEPHER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAPHER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAPHAN sha'-fan (shaphan, "rockbadger," English Versions of the Bible "coney"; Saphphan): An old totem clan name (so W.R. Smith; compare, however, the article TOTEMISM; Gray, Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 103, and Jacob's Studies in Biblical Archaeology, 84). (1) Son of Azaliah and scribe of King Josiah. He received from Hilkiah the Book

SHAPHAT sha'-fat (shaphat):iah, one of the 70 men whom Ezekiel saw, in his vision of the Temple, sacrificing to idols (Ezekiel 8:11). (1) The Simeonite spy (Numbers 13:5, Saphat). (2) The father of the prophet Elisha (1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 3:11, Septuagint Saphath). (3) A name in the royal genealogy of Judah (1 Chronicles 3:22). (4) A Gadite (

SHAPHAM sha'-fam (shapham; Sapham, Sabat): Name of a Gadite chief, who had the second place in command of his tribe (1 Chronicles 5:12). So far as the fragmentary genealogies are intelligible, they seem to indicate that Shapham and his chief, Joel, lived in the time of Saul and shared in the war against the Hagrites (1 Chronicles 5:7-10,18-22), bu

SHAMSHERAI sham'-she-ri, sham-she-ra'-i (shamsheray): A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:26). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMSHERAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAPE shap: In the King James Version the translation of eidos, "form," "appearance" (Luke 3:22; John 5:37), and of homoioma, "likeness," "resemblance" (Revelation 9:7). The meaning of these words is not so much "tangible shape," in which sense we use the word in modern English, but rather "aspect," "appearance," the looks of a thing or a person.

SHAMMUA; SHAMMUAH sha-mu'-a, sham'-u-a (shammua`): (1) The Reubenite spy (Numbers 13:4, Samouel, and other forms). (2) One of David's sons (2 Samuel 5:14; 1 Chronicles 14:4, Sammous). In 1 Chronicles 3:5 he is called "Shimea." (3) A Levite (Nehemiah 11:17); he is called "Shemaiah" in 1 Chronicles 9:16. (4) The head of a priestly family (Nehemia

SHAMMOTH sham'-oth, sham'-oth. See SHAMMAH, (4). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMMOTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAMMAI sham'a-i, sham'-i (shammay): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Chronicles 2:28,32). (2) The son of Rekem and father of Maon (1 Chronicles 2:44). (3) A Judahite (1 Chronicles 4:17). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMMAI'". "International Standard Bible Enc

SHAMMA sham'-a (shamma'; Codex Vaticanus Sema; Codex Alexandrinus Samma): An Asherite (1 Chronicles 7:37). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMMA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.