Lexical Definition

‎שְׁלֹמִית‎ Shᵉlômîyth (shel-o-meeth') Shelomith ^N:N-M-P
or שׁלוֹמִית Shlôwmîyth (shel-o-meeth'); (Ezra 8:10), from ‎שָׁלוֹם‎; peaceableness

Shelomith.

• § Shelomith = "peaceful"
• Shelomith, the name of five Israelites and three Israelitesses

n pr m
1) a Gershonite Levite, son of Zichri in the time of David
1a) also 'Shelomoth'; same as שְׁלֹמוֹת
2) son of king Rehoboam of Judah by Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom
3) head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra
n pr f
4) a woman of Dan, daughter of Dibri, and mother of a son who blasphemed God and was stoned to death in the time of Moses
5) daughter of Zerubbabel

Extended Information

• A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.10
• daughter of: Josiphiah (יוֹסִפְיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎שְׁלֹמִית‎ proper name, feminine Σαλ(ω)μιθ, etc.:

1. in Israel Lev 24:11.

2. daughter of Zerubbabel 1Chr 3:19.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Female • Returned from exile • Descendant of Bani who returned from exile

Woman living at the time of Exile and Return

Shelomith, a descendant of Bani who returned from Babylonian exile.

• A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.10;
• only referred to as Shelomith שְׁלֹמִית;
• a daughter of Josiphiah יוֹסִפְיָה.

Shelomith is mentioned in Ezra 8:10 as a descendant of Bani. He was among the men who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile under the leadership of Ezra. In the list of those who accompanied Ezra, Shelomith is named along with his relatives, numbering 160 males.

All entries for Shelomith: שְׁלֹמִית

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• Josiphiah (father)