Lexical Definition

‎שִׁנְאָב‎ Shinʼâb (shin-awb') Shinab ^N:N-M-P
probably from ‎שָׁנָא‎ and ‎אָב‎; a father has turned

Shinab.

• § Shinab = "splendour of the father"
• Shinab, a Canaanite

1) the king of Admah in the time of Abraham

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שִׁנְאָב‎ proper name, masculine king of Admah Gen 14, Σεννααρ (see ‎שִׁנְעָר‎ v1Chr 8:1, ᵐ5 id.). ‎שִׁנְאָן‎ see below III. ‎שׁנה‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Male • From Canaan • King of Admah who rebelled against Chedorlaomer.

King living at the time of the Patriarchs

Shinab was the king of Admah who, along with other kings, rebelled against Chedorlaomer, king of Elam.

• A king of the city Admah אַדְמָה living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2;
• only referred to as Shinab שִׁנְאָב.

Shinab is mentioned in Genesis 14:2 as the king of Admah, one of the five cities in the Valley of Siddim (the Salt Sea or Dead Sea region). He, along with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (Zoar), engaged in a rebellion against Chedorlaomer, the king of Elam, to whom they had been subject for twelve years. In the thirteenth year, these kings fought against Chedorlaomer and his allies in the Battle of the Valley of Siddim. The outcome of the battle is not explicitly stated for Shinab, but it is known that the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell into the tar pits, while the rest fled to the mountains.

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