BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5655
av.de.el — Abdeel
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.36.26; father of: Shelemiah (H8018L) § Abdeel = "servant of God" father of Shelemiah of Judah in the time of Jeremiah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8018
she.lem.yah — Shelemiah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.39 § Shelemiah = "repaid by Jehovah" 1) a son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra 2) another son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra 3) father of Hananiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 4) a priest in the time of Nehemiah in charge of the treasury 5) father of Jehucal or Jucal in the time of Zedekiah 6) Levite upon whom the lot for the East Gate fell; in the time of David 6a) also 'Meshelemiah' and 'Shallum' 7) father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Jehudi, who was the messenger sent to Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah 8) son of Abdeel and one the men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch 9) father of Irijah, the captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Servant of God, (Jer. 36:26), the father of Shelemiah.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
