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Strong's H7887 שִׁילֹה (shiloh)

Shiyloh - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Strong's Number H7887
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 30
Books 6

Strong's H7887 Quick Answer

Strong's H7887 שִׁילוֹה שִׁלוֹה שִׁילוֹ שִׁלוֹ (Shiyloh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Shiyloh (shee-lo') (or Shiloh {shee-lo'} or Shiylow {shee-lo'}; or Shilow {shee-lo'};) n/l. 1. Shiloh, a place in Israel [from the same as H7886] It has 30 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include shiloh. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Shiyloh (shee-lo') (or Shiloh {shee-lo'} or Shiylow {shee-lo'}; or Shilow {shee-lo'};) n/l. 1. Shiloh, a place in Israel [from the same as H7886]
Usage
30 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
shiloh

Meaning and Definition

Shiyloh (shee-lo') (or Shiloh {shee-lo'} or Shiylow {shee-lo'}; or Shilow {shee-lo'};) n/l. 1. Shiloh, a place in Israel [from the same as H7886] KJV: Shiloh. Root(s): H7886

Original Word
שִׁילוֹה שִׁלוֹה שִׁילוֹ שִׁלוֹ
Transliteration
Shiyloh
Derivation
First root strongs: 7886
Morphology
Name/l.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7887. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Shiloh

Usage: Shiloh = "place of rest" a city in Ephraim and temporary home of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle, the place where Samuel grew up Also named: shi.lo.ni (שִׁילֹנִי "Shilonite" H7888)

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How Strong's H7887 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Shiyloh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Shiloh Joshua 18:1 30×

How Strong's H7887 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 30 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7887 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7887 in the Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Joshua 18:1 KJV

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

Joshua 18:8 KJV

And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

Joshua 18:9 KJV

And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

Usage Excerpts

First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7887.

Joshua 18:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
Joshua 18:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
Joshua 18:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
Joshua 18:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
Joshua 19:51 Old Testament, KJV
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
Joshua 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Joshua 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Joshua 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
Judges 18:31 Old Testament, KJV
And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Judges 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
Judges 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
Judges 21:21 Old Testament, KJV
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
1 Samuel 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
1 Samuel 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
1 Samuel 1:24 Old Testament, KJV
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
1 Samuel 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
1 Samuel 3:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
1 Samuel 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
1 Samuel 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
1 Samuel 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
1 Samuel 14:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
1 Kings 2:27 Old Testament, KJV
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
1 Kings 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
1 Kings 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
Psalms 78:60 Old Testament, KJV
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Jeremiah 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Jeremiah 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
Jeremiah 26:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
Jeremiah 26:9 Old Testament, KJV
Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 41:5 Old Testament, KJV
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7887, grouped by book.

Joshua 8 usages, Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 9 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7887 FAQ

What does shiloh (שִׁילֹה) mean?

Shiloh (Strong's H7887) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Shiloh". Shiyloh (shee-lo') (or Shiloh {shee-lo'} or Shiylow {shee-lo'}; or Shilow {shee-lo'};) n/l. 1. Shiloh, a place in Israel [from the same as H7886]

How many times is shiloh (שִׁילֹה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's H7887 across 6 books.

Where can I study shiloh (שִׁילֹה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7887 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shiloh (שִׁילֹה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shiloh. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.