Bilshan

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Bilshan: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

leader among those who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

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in the tongue

Hebrew

Strongs #01114: Nvlb Bilshan

Bilshan = "in slander"

1) an exile who returned with Zerubbabel

1114 Bilshan bil-shawn'

of uncertain derivation; Bilshan, an Israelite:-Bilshan.

Bilshan [EBD]

son of the tongue; i.e., "eloquent", a man of some note who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7).

Bilshan [NAVE]

BILSHAN, a Jew of the captivity, Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7.

BILSHAN [SMITH]

(eloquent), one of Zerubbabel?s companions on his expedition from Babylon. (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7) (B.C. 536).

BILSHAN [ISBE]

BILSHAN - bil'-shan (bilshan): An Israelite who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2 = Neh 7:7). The name may be explained as "inquirer" (new Hebrew and Aramaic), balash, the ("b" being an abbreviation of ben, as in bidhqar, and bimhal. Bilshan would then be a compound of ben, and lashon. J. Halevy (Revue etudes juives, X, 3) translates the name "pere de la langue," 'abh lashon. In 1 Esdras 5:8, he is called "Beelsarus," which is akin to the form "Belshar" = "Belshar-uccur" or "O Bel, protect the king." Bilshan points to "Belsun," "his lord." The rabbis take Bilshan as a surname to the preceding Mordecai.

H. J. Wolf