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Sheleph
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Sheleph: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
son of Joktan of Shem
who draws out
who draws out
Hebrew
Strongs #08026: Plv shelaph
Sheleph = "a drawing forth"1) the 2nd son of Joktan and a descendant of Shem
8026 shelaph sheh'-lef
from 8025; extract; Sheleph, a son of Jokthan:-Sheleph.see HEBREW for 08025
SHELEPH [SMITH]
(a drawing forth), the second in order of the sons of Joktan. (Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20)SHELEPH [ISBE]
SHELEPH - she'-lef (shaleph, in pause; Septuagint Saleph): Son of Joktan (Gen 10:26; 1 Ch 1:20). Sheleph is the name of a Yemenite tribe or district, named on Sabean inscriptions and also by Arabian geographers, located in Southern Arabia.