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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8134
shin.av — Shinab
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2 § Shinab = "splendour of the father" the king of Admah in the time of Abraham
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Cooling, the king of Adamah, in the valley of Siddim, who with his confederates was conquered by Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
