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Shehariah
mourning or blackness of the Lord
שְׁחַרְיָה she.char.yah
Shehariah (Hebrew: שְׁחַרְיָה, she.char.yah) means “mourning or blackness of the Lord”, by traditional interpretation. It appears once, at 1 Chronicles 8:26. In United States birth records the name is below the reporting threshold. Appears with Athaliah in 1 Chronicles 8.
The bearer in scripture
One person in scripture bears this name.
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Shehariah
Scripture against society
The two measures, side by side
At a glance
- Verses
- 1 across 1 book
- Bearers
- 1 one person only
- Testament
- Old
- Era
- Divided Kingdom
- Hapax
- Yes occurs exactly once
Using it today
In United States birth records this name is below the reporting threshold. The Social Security Administration does not publish counts under five, so a name given to four children looks the same as one given to none.
In scripture
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First appears | 1 Chronicles 8:26 |
Names connected to this one
- Athaliah co-occurrence Appears with Athaliah in 1 Chronicles 8.
- Shamsherai co-occurrence Appears with Shamsherai in 1 Chronicles 8.
- Isaiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Elijah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Hezekiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Mattaniah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Josiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Zedekiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
Origin & meaning
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.26;
son of: Jeroham (H3395H);
brother of: Shamsherai (H8125), Athaliah (H6271H), Jaareshiah (H3298), Elijah (H0452H) and Zichri (H2147J)
§ Shehariah = "dawning of Jehovah"
a Benjamite, son of Jehoram
Shehariah, a descendant of Benjamin in the genealogy of Saul.
The biblical story
Shehariah is mentioned in 1Ch.8.26 as a descendant of Benjamin. He appears in the genealogy of King Saul, Israel's first king, who was from the tribe of Benjamin.
Key verses
Shehariah appears in 1 verse. Here are some of the most notable:
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And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
1 Chronicles 8:26
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1 Chronicles (1)
- 1 Chronicles 8:26