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Shamsherai

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

A son of Jeroham in the line of Benjamin who resided in Jerusalem after the exile (1 Chr 8:26).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Shamsherai, Son of Jeroham

Shamsherai, Son of Jeroham (שַׁמְשְׁרַי‎, shamsheray). A son of Jeroham in the line of Benjamin who resided in Jerusalem after the exile (1 Chr 8:26).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Shamsherai (Person)

SHAMSHERAI (PERSON) [Heb šamšĕray (שַׁמְשְׁרַי)]. One of the Benjaminites who dwelt in Jerusalem in postexilic times, a son of Jeroham (1 Chr 8:26). The name Shamsherai is only found here in the OT. Noth (IPN, 259) suggested Shamsherai was a combination of šāmray and šimšay, and that šimšay should

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Shamsherai

Shamsherai shamʹshə-rī [Heb. šamš^eray]. A Benjaminite; first son of Jeroham (1 Ch. 8:26).

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Shamsherai

SHAMSHERAI. The eldest of the six sons of Jeroham, of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr 8:26).

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Shamsherai

Shamsherai (Heb. šamšĕray)A son of Jehoram; head of a Benjaminite family dwelling in postexilic Jerusalem (1 Chr. 8:26).

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Shamsherai

Shamsherai [shămˊshə rī] (Heb. šamš^eray). A son of Jehoram, and head of a Benjaminite family dwelling in Jerusalem (1 Chr. 8:26).

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary

Shamsherai

SHAM´SHERAI (shamʹshe-rī), or Shamshera´i (sham-she-rı̄). The first named of the six sons of Jeroham, resident at Jerusalem (1 Chron. 8:26), about 1120 b.c.

Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Shamsherai

SHAMSHERAI [SHAM shuh righ] — a son of Jeroham, of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:26).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SHAMSHERAI

SHAMSHERAI<sham’-she-ri>, <sham-she-ra’-i> ([שַׁמְּשְׁרַי‎, shamsheray]): A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:26).