Lexical Definition

‎מְשֻׁלָּם‎ Mᵉshullâm (mesh-ool-lawm') Meshullam ^N:N-M-P
from ‎שָׁלַם‎; allied

Meshullam.

• § Meshullam = "friend"
• Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites

1) grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe
2) son of Zerubbabel
3) a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal
4) a Benjamite, father of Sallu
5) a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity
6) a Benjamite
6a) perhaps the same as 3 or 4
7) a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah
8) son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem
9) son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem
10) a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
11) father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah
11a) perhaps the same as 'Shallum'
12) a priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth, son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai
13) a priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
14) a priest, head of the family of Ginnethon and representative of the house of Ezra in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua
15) a priest, one of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem
16) a Kohathite or family of Kohathite Levites in the reign of Josiah
17) a Levite, one of the heads sent to Iddo to gather the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem; a chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had made with foreign wives
18) ancestor of a family of porters or Levites in days of Nehemiah
19) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife and put her away
20) one of the men who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people
20a) maybe the same as 17

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.16

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שַׁלּוּם

‎מְשֻׁלָּם‎ proper name, masculine Μεσουλαμ, Μοσολλαμ, etc.:

1. grandfather of Shaphan 2Kgs 22:3.

2. son of Zerubbabel 1Chr 3:19.

3. in Benjamin:
a. 1Chr 8:17, perhaps =
b. 1Chr 9:7.
c. v1Chr 9:8.
d. Neh 11:7.

4. in Gad 1Chr 5:13.

5. wall-builders:
a. Neh 3:4; Neh 3:30.
b. Neh 3:6.

6. a chief Neh 10:21*.

7. priests (distinctions in part obscure):
a. 1Chr 9:11; Neh 11:11; Neh 12:13 (perhaps = ‎שַׁלּוּם‎ 11).
b. 1Chr 9:12.
c. Neh 10:8*.
d. Neh 12:6.
e. vNeh 12:33.

8. Levites:
a. 2Chr 34:12.
b. Ezra 8:16; Ezra 10:15; Neh 8:14.
c. Neh 12:25 ( = ‎שַׁלּוּם‎ 12 a).

9. Ezra 10:29. above

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book	Refs
2 Kings	22:3
1 Chronicles	3:19 · 5:13 · 8:17 · 9:7 · 9:8 · 9:11 · 9:12
2 Chronicles	34:12
Ezra	8:16 · 10:15 · 10:29
Nehemiah	3:4 · 3:6 · 3:30 · 8:14 · 10:8* · 10:21* · 11:7 · 11:11 · 12:6 · 12:13 · 12:25 · 12:33

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Male • Returned leader • A leader summoned by Ezra to help teach the Law.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Meshullam, a leader summoned by Ezra to assist in teaching the Law to the people (Ezr.8.16).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.16;
• only referred to as Meshullam מְשֻׁלָּם.

Meshullam is mentioned in the book of Ezra as one of the leaders summoned by Ezra to assist in teaching the Law to the people (Ezr.8.16). Ezra, a priest and scribe, led a group of exiles back to Jerusalem during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia. Upon arriving in Jerusalem, Ezra discovered that many of the people, including priests and Levites, had intermarried with the surrounding nations and adopted their practices. To address this issue, Ezra called for the leaders, including Meshullam, to help him teach the Law to the people and guide them in repentance and obedience to God's commands.

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