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Shammah

A man, in the time of the Patriarchs · Early Patriarch · named in 3 verses

the name means Desert Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shammah was a son of Reuel and a grandson of Esau, and he became a chief of Edom.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Desert. (1.) One of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen. 36:13, 17).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Reuel
Siblings Mizzah, Nahath, Zerah

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Genesis 36:13.

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Verses that name Shammah