Çallûw — H5543

Definition

masculine proper noun

Sallu or Sallai, the name of two Israelites

1. Sallu or Salu or Sallai = "weighed"
2. a priest in the time of Zerubbabel
3. father of Zimri, the prince of the Simeonites, who was slain by Phinehas
4. a post exilic Benjamite

Usually translated as

Sallu, Sallai, Salu

Origin

or Çallûwʼ; or Çâlûwʼ; or Çallay; from H5541; weighed

• Derived from Çâlâh (H5541)

Occurrences

Çallûw occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (4)

• Numbers 25:14 — Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu (סָל֑וּא), a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
• 1 Chronicles 9:7 — And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu (סַלּוּא֙) the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
• Nehemiah 11:7 — And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu (סַלֻּ֡א) the son of Meshullam, 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 11:8 — And after him Gabbai, Sallai (סַלָּ֑י), nine hundred twenty and eight.
• Nehemiah 12:7 — Sallu (סַלּ֣וּ), Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
• Nehemiah 12:20 — Of Sallai (לְסַלַּ֥י), Kallai; of Amok, Eber;