Kallai

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Kallai: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Sallai: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Sallu: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Salu: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

priest and head of the house of Sallai under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah
a Benjamite leader who lived in Jerusalem
son of Meshullam of Benjamin; a leader who returned from exile
priest leader of some who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
father of Zimri (Simeon) who tried to lead Israel into sin

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light; resting by fire; my voice
an exaltation; a basket ( --> same as Sallu)
an exaltation; a basket ( --> same as Sallai)

Hebrew

Strongs #05543: wlo Calluw or alwo Calluw' or alwo Caluw or ylo Callay

Sallu or Salu or Sallai = "weighed"

1) a priest in the time of Zerubbabel
2) father of Zimri, the prince of the Simeonites, who was slain by
Phinehas
3) a post exilic Benjamite

5543 Calluw sal-loo'

or Calluw; {sal-loo'}; or Caluw {sal-loo'}; or Callay
{sal-lah'-ee}; from 5541; weighed; Sallu or Sallai, the name
of two Israelites:-Sallai, Sallu, Salu.
see HEBREW for 05541

Sallai [EBD]

basket-maker. (1.) A Benjamite (Neh. 11:8).

(2.) A priest in the days of Joshua and Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:20).

Sallu [EBD]

weighed. (1.) A priest (Neh. 12:7).

(2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 9:7; Neh. 11:7).

Kallai [NAVE]

KALLAI, a priest, Neh. 12:20.

Sallai [NAVE]

SALLAI
1. A Benjamite dwelling in Jerusalem, Neh. 11:8.
2. A priest who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel, Neh. 12:20.
Called Sallu, Neh. 12:7.

Sallu [NAVE]

SALLU
1. A Benjamite dwelling in Jerusalem, 1 Chr. 9:7; Neh. 11:7.
2. See Sallai, 2.

Salu [NAVE]

SALU
Num. 25:14

KALLAI [SMITH]

(swift servant of Jehovah), a priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua. He represented the family of Sallai. (Nehemiah 12:20) (B.C. after 536.)

SALU [SMITH]

(weighed), the father of Zimri the prince of the Simeonites who was slain by Phinehas. (Numbers 25:14) Called also Salom. (B.C.1452.)

KALLAI [ISBE]

KALLAI - kal'-a-i, kal'-i (qallay, qal, "swift"): A priest among those who returned with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:1). He represented the family of Sallai (Neh 12:20).

SALLAI [ISBE]

SALLAI - sal'-a-i, sal'-i (callay; Salom; Codex Alexandrinus Salo, with variants):

(1) Eponym of a Benjamite family which settled at Jerusalem after the return, descendants of "Sallu" (1 Ch 9:7; Neh 11:7,8); the pedigrees of Sallu differ decidedly in the two passages. Curtis (ICC) suggests that "son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah" (Chronicles) is a corruption or derivation of "Judah the son of Hassenuah" (Nehemiah).

(2) Name of a priestly family (Neh 12:20), called "Sallu" in Neh 12:7.

SALLU [ISBE]

SALLU - sal'-u.

See SALLAI.

SALU [ISBE]

SALU - sa'-lu (calu'; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Salmon; Codex Alexandrinus Salo; the King James Version has "Salom" in 1 Macc 2:26): A prince and the head of a house of the tribe of Simeon and the father of Zimri who was slain by Phinehas along with the Midianite woman whom he had brought to the camp of Israel (Nu 25:14; 1 Macc 2:26).