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Sheva

Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

Sheva, a son of Caleb's concubine Maacah, mentioned in the genealogy of Judah.

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Sheva is briefly mentioned in 1Ch.2.49 as a son of Caleb's concubine Maacah. He appears in the genealogical record of the tribe of Judah, specifically within the family line of Caleb.

Family

Father
Caleb
Mother
Maacah

Bible dictionary

Sheva Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Heb. Shebher. (1.) The son of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:49). (2.) Heb. Sheva’, one of David’s scribes (2 Sam. 20:25).

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Sheva Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(Jehovah contends).

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Sheva Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

vanity; elevation; fame; tumult

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Sheva Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

SHE'VA (Jehovah contends). The name is corrupted from Seraiah. The son of Caleb ben-Hezron. 1 Chr 2:49. The scribe of David. 2 Sam 20:25.

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Sheva Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

SHE'VA (Jehovah contends). The name is corrupted from Seraiah. The son of Caleb ben-Hezron. 1 Chr 2:49. The scribe of David. 2 Sam 20:25. SHEW'-BREAD was unleavened bread prepared anew every Sabbath, and presented hot on the golden table set in the sanctuary, in twelve loaves of a square or oblong shape, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. Ex 25:30. Salt and frankincense were put on each row. The loaves were placed either in two piles or in two rows, with six loaves in each, and it was called "shewbread," or "bread of the face," or the "bread of setting before," because it stood continually before the Lord; later "bread of ordering." 1 Chr 9:32; marg.; Neh 10:33. Table of Shew-bread. The incense having been burnt, the old loaves were removed every Sabbath, Lev 24:8. and, as a general rule, were to be eaten by the priests alone, and by them only in the court of the sanctuary. 1 Sam 21:1-6; Matt 12:3, etc.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Sheva appears

1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H7724

1 Chronicles1

Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.