# שֵׁלָה (shelah)

Israeli respelling: she-lah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7956. 8 Old Testament occurrences.

Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite

King James renderings: Shelah.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shelah-h7956

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 38:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/5) — And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
- [Genesis 38:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/11) — Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradven…
- [Genesis 38:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/14) — And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the…
- [Genesis 38:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/26) — And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her a…
- [Genesis 46:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/46/12) — And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez…
- [Numbers 26:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/26/20) — And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah,…
- [1 Chronicles 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/3) — The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn…
- [1 Chronicles 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/4/21) — The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them…