HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1114
בִּלְשָׁן
bil.shan — Bilshan
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2 § Bilshan = "in slander" an exile who returned with Zerubbabel
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Bilshan
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
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).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.