Shelah in the Bible

Meaning: that breaks; that unties; that undresses

Exact Match

And Arphaeshad shall beget Shelah, and Shelah shall beget Eber.

And Arphaeshad shall live after his begetting Shelah, three years and four hundred years, and he will beget sons and daughters.

Verse Concepts100 Years And More

And Shelah will live after his begetting Eber, three years and four hundred years, and will beget sons and daughters.

Verse Concepts100 Years And More

She gave birth to another son and named him Shelah. It was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He might die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessGrowing UpDaughters In LawPossibility Of DeathActual WidowsWaiting Till Marriage

So she took off her widow’s clothes, veiled her face, covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfGrowing UpClothing OneselfPeople Stripping OffSitting In The GatewaydisguisesUsing RoadsDistinctive ClothingGiving In Marriage

Judah recognized them and said, “She is more in the right than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her intimately again.

Verse ConceptsRecognising ThingsGiving In Marriage

Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
Perez’s sons: Hezron and Hamul.

And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

Verse ConceptsPeople Of Judah

the sons of Judah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah, the three born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess, - but Er the firstborn of Judah became wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, and he slew him.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornFirstborn SonsGod Killing

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lechah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of byssus-workers, of the house of Ashbea,

Verse ConceptsLinenOccupations

Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, covered it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at the king’s garden as far as the steps that descend from the city of David.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureStairwaysPoolsNamed GatesStepsGardens Attached To Palaces

and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, from the descendants of Shelah.

Thematic Bible



She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him by Bath-Shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and he killed him.

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.

Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.

The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.


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