Word Study · Strong's H7888 · Hebrew
שִׁילוֹנִי
Shiloni
shee-lo-nee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shîylôwnîy
“a Shilonite or inhabitant of Shiloh”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Shilonite or inhabitant of Shiloh
Rendered in the KJV as
Shilonite.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- הַשִּׁ֣ילוֹנִ֔י1
- הַשִּֽׁילוֹנִ֗י1
- הַשִּׁילֹנִ֨י1
- הַשִּׁילֹנִ֔י1
- הַשִּׁילֹנִֽי׃1
- הַשִּֽׁלוֹנִ֔י1
How it is rendered · 2
- the Shilonite5
- the Shilonite[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)6
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 6
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 11:29הַשִּׁילֹנִ֨יhashilonithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.here: the Shilonite
- 1 Kings 12:15הַשִּׁילֹנִ֔יhashilonithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.here: the Shilonite
- 1 Kings 15:29הַשִּׁילֹנִֽי׃hashilonithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,here: the Shilonite
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 9:29הַשִּֽׁילוֹנִ֗יhashilonithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?here: the Shilonite
- 2 Chronicles 10:15הַשִּֽׁלוֹנִ֔יhashilonithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.here: the Shilonite