International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Shelomith

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Shelomith


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shḗ-lō´mith, shel´ṓ-mith (שׁלמית, shelōmı̄th; in , שׁלומית, shelōmı̄th):

(1) The mother of the man who was stoned for blasphemy () (BAF, Σαλωμείθ, Salōmeı́th, Lucian, Σαλμίθ, Salmı́th).

(2) Daughter of Zerubbabel () (Codex Vaticanus Σαλωμεθεί, Salōmetheı́; Codex Alexandrinus Σαλωμεθί, Salōmethı́, Lucian, Σαλωμιθ, Salōmı́th).

(3) One of the “sons of Izhar” () (Codex Vaticanus Σαλωμώθ, Salōmṓth; Codex Alexandrinus Σαλουμώθ, Saloumṓth, Lucian, Σαλωμίθ, Salōmı́th), called “Shelomoth” in 24:22.

(4) The name of a family whose representatives returned with Ezra () (Codex Vaticanus Σαλειμούθ, Saleimoúth; Lucian, Σαλιμώθ, Salimṓth). The Massoretic Text here should read, “and the sons of Bani; Shelomith, son of Josiphiah”; and in 1 Esdras 8:36, “of the sons of Banias, Salimoth, son of Josaphias.”