Σαλαθιήλ
Salathiēl
Shealtiel
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word Σαλαθιήλ (Salathiēl) is a proper name used six times in the Bible. It literally means "I will request God" or "God has asked me." This name is derived from two Hebrew words: "shal" (to request) and "e'il" (God). As a proper name, Salathiēl is used to identify an individual person within the biblical narrative. The significance of this name is not in its translation, but in its etymology, conveying a sense of spiritual connection and dependence on God. While we know little about the person to whom this name is attributed, the name itself suggests that he was someone who recognized God's presence and agency in his life. This name serves as a reminder of the biblical theme of God's active involvement in the lives of individuals.
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Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up with his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
Ezra 3:8Now in the second year of their coming to God’s house 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 those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of Yahweh’s house.
Nehemiah 12:1Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Haggai 1:1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
Haggai 2:23In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, I will take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,’ says Yahweh, ‘and will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”
1 Chronicles 3:17The sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,