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 · H6701
tsu.ri.shad.day — Zurishaddai
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.6; father of: Shelumiel (H8017) § Zurishaddai = "my rock is almighty" father of Shelumiel, the chief of the Simeonites at the time of the exodus
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8017
she.lu.mi.el — Shelumiel
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.6; son of: Zurishaddai (H6701) § Shelumiel = "friend of God" son of Zurishaddai and prince of the tribe of Simeon at the time of the exodus
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Rock of the Almighty, the father of Shelumiel, who was chief of the tribe of Simeon when Israel was encamped at Sinai (Num. 1:6; 2:12).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
