shealtiel · Shealtiel

What it means

shealtiel (שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shealtiel”.

A son of King Jeconiah, born in exile; other passages name him as the father of Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:2). The name means "I have asked God."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×2
• Nehemiah×1
• Haggai×5

• 1 Chronicles 3:17

  And the sons of Jeconiah, the prisoner: Shealtiel, his son,

• Ezra 3:2

  And Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and they built the altar of the Elohim of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of Elohim.

• Ezra 3:8

  And in the second year of their coming to the house of Elohim at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites, and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, began; and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to direct the work of the house of YHWH.

• Nehemiah 12:1

  And these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

• Haggai 1:1

  In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

• Haggai 1:12

  And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people listened to the voice of YHWH their Elohim and to the words of Haggai the prophet, as YHWH their Elohim had sent him; and the people feared before YHWH.

• Haggai 1:14

  And YHWH stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of YHWH Tsevaot, their Elohim,

• Haggai 2:2

  “Speak, please, to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

• Haggai 2:23

  On that day, declares YHWH Tsevaot, I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant, declares YHWH, and I will make you like a seal; for you I have chosen, declares YHWH Tsevaot.”