שִׁלְחִיShilchîy

proper name, masculine: father of Jehoshaphat's mother (1 Kings 22:42; 2 Chronicles 20:31)

Pronunciation: shil-khee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7977

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:31 So Jehoshaphat ruled over the land of Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).