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שִׁילוֹנִי

shiloni · Shilonite

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7888 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

shiloni (שִׁילוֹנִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shilonite”.

A native of Shiloh, the city of Ephraim where the tent of meeting stood. The prophet Ahijah is called this.

How to say it

shi·lo·ni

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.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. From the town of the tabernacle in Ephraim, like the prophet Ahijah.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • Shilonite ×5
  • Shilonites ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

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

Where it appears

  • 1 Kings 11:29

    And it happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out from Jerusalem, that Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, found him on the road; and he had covered himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the field.

  • 1 Kings 12:15

    So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from YHWH, so that he might confirm his word that YHWH had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

  • 1 Kings 15:29

    And it happened, as soon as he reigned, that he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave to Jeroboam any breathing thing until he had destroyed it, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

  • 1 Chronicles 9:5

    And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:29

    The rest of the deeds of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Jedo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

  • 2 Chronicles 10:15

    So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from Elohim, so that YHWH might confirm his word that he had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.