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Iphedeiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8349

שָׁשָׁק

sha.shaq — Shashak

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.14; son of: Beriah (H1283I); brother of: Arad (H6166B), Ahio (H0283H), Jeremoth (H3406I), Zebadiah (H2069), Eder (H5738), Michael (H4317L), Ishpah (H3472) and Joha (H3109); father of: Ishpan (H3473), Eber (H5677J), Eliel (H0447I), Abdon (H5658I), Zichri (H2147I), Hanan (H2605), Hananiah (H2608O), Elam (H5867), Anthothijah (H6070), Iphdeiah (H3301), Penuel (H6439I) § Shashak = "longing" a Benjamite, son of Beriah and father of Iphedeiah and Penuel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3301

יִפְדְּיָה

yiph.de.yah — Iphdeiah

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.25; son of: Shashak (H8349); brother of: Ishpan (H3473), Eber (H5677J), Eliel (H0447I), Abdon (H5658I), Zichri (H2147I), Hanan (H2605), Hananiah (H2608O), Elam (H5867), Anthothijah (H6070) and Penuel (H6439I) § Iphedeiah = "Jehovah will redeem" a descendant of Benjamin and of the family of Shashak

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Historical dictionary entry

Set free by Jehovah, a chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:25).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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