Word Study · Strong's H5543 · Hebrew
סַלּוּ
Sallu
sal-loo'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Çallûw
“Sallu or Sallai, the name of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sallu or Sallai, the name of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Sallai, Sallu, Salu.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- לְסַלַּ֥י1
- סַלֻּ֡א1
- סַלּ֣וּ1
- סַלּוּא֙1
- סָל֑וּא1
- סַלָּ֑י1
How it is rendered · 4
- Sallu3
- of Sallai1
- Sallai1
- Salu1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)5
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 5
- HR/Npm · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Nehemiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Nehemiah4 occurrences
- Nehemiah 11:7סַלֻּ֡אsalu'proper noun (a name)From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;here: Sallu
- Nehemiah 11:8סַלָּ֑יsalaiproper noun (a name)and his followers Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.here: Sallai
- Nehemiah 12:7סַלּ֣וּsaluproper noun (a name)Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.here: Sallu
- Nehemiah 12:20לְסַלַּ֥יlesalaipreposition + proper noun (a name)of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;here: of Sallai