Bible Dictionaries
Sheleph

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Shelemiah

Next Entry
Shelesh

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Sheleph
Dictionaries
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Sheleph
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Sheleph
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Sheleph
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Sheleph
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Sheleph
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Sheleph
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Sheleph
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Sheleph
Lexicons
• שֶׁלֶף

Second of Joktan's sons (Genesis 10:26). Ptolemy (6:7) mentions the Salapeni among the ancient inhabitants of Arabia Felix. The geographer Yacut mentions the Es Sulaf or Beni es Silfan as inhabiting the Yemen. The traveler C. Niebuhr found them still in the Yemen, under the name Salfie, 60 miles S.W. of Senaa.