Bible Names

Shilhi: meaning of the name

Shilhi means “Shilhim, bough; weapon; armor.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Shilhi in Hebrew and Greek

שִׁלְחִי H7977

Shilchîy (shil-khee') — Shilchi, an Israelite

from H7973 (שֶׁלַח); missive, i.e. armed;

Who named Shilhi in the Bible

Shilhi in Scripture

“Shilhi” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Kings 22:42

    Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:31

    And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.