H7975: שִׁלֹחַ
Shilôach · pronounced shee-lo'-akh · “Shelah”
Definition
Shiloach, a fountain of Jerusalem
KJV translates it as: Shiloah, Siloah.
Word origin: or (in imitation of H7974 (שֶׁלַח)) שֶׁלַח; (Nehemiah 3:15), from H7971 (שָׁלַח); rill;
Extended definition
§ Shelah = "sent"
a fountain just southeast of Jerusalem
a fountain just southeast of Jerusalem
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7975 is translated
- shelah ×1
- shiloah ×1
Bible verses with H7975 (Shilôach)
Shilôach appears in 2 verses.
- Nehemiah 3:15
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
- Isaiah 8:6
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;