Mᵉshullâm — H4918

Definition

masculine proper noun

Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites

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

Usually translated as

Meshullam

Origin

from H7999; allied

• Derived from Shâlam (H7999)

Occurrences

Mᵉshullâm occurs 25 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (13)

• 2 Kings 22:3 — And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּם֙), the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
• 1 Chronicles 3:19 — And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֣ם), and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
• 1 Chronicles 5:13 — And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam (וּמְשֻׁלָּ֡ם), and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
• 1 Chronicles 8:17 — And Zebadiah, and Meshullam (וּמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם), and Hezeki, and Heber,
• 1 Chronicles 9:7 — And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֔ם), the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
• 1 Chronicles 9:8 — And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam (וּמְשֻׁלָּם֙) the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
• 1 Chronicles 9:11 — And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֣ם), the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
• 1 Chronicles 9:12 — And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֥ם), the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
• 2 Chronicles 34:12 — And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam (וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם), of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
• Ezra 8:16 — Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam (וְלִמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם), chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
• Ezra 10:15 — Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam (וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם) and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
• Ezra 10:29 — And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֤ם), Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
• Nehemiah 3:4 — And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֥ם) the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
• Nehemiah 3:6 — Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam (וּמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם) the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
• Nehemiah 3:30 — After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּם֙) the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
• Nehemiah 6:18 — For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם) the son of Berechiah.
• Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּֽם).
• Nehemiah 10:7 — Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֥ם), Abijah, Mijamin,
• Nehemiah 10:20 — Magpiash, Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם), Hezir,
• Nehemiah 11:7 — And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֡ם), the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
• Nehemiah 11:11 — Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֣ם), the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
• Nehemiah 12:13 — Of Ezra, Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֔ם); of Amariah, Jehohanan;
• Nehemiah 12:16 — Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּֽם);
• Nehemiah 12:25 — Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam (מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם), Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
• Nehemiah 12:33 — And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam (וּמְשֻׁלָּֽם),