How to Pronounce Shiloh

What does Shiloh mean?

Shiloh means “sent”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Shiloh?

Generally understood as denoting the Messiah, “the peaceful one,” as the word signifies (Gen. 49:10). The Vulgate Version translates the word, “he who is to be sent,” in allusion to the Messiah; the Revised Version, margin, “till he come to Shiloh;” and the LXX., “until that which is his shall come to Shiloh.” It is most simple and natural to render the expression, as in the Authorized Version, “till Shiloh come,” interpreting it as a proper name (comp. Isa. 9:6). Shiloh, a place of rest, a city of Ephraim, “on the north side of Bethel,” from which it is distant 10 miles (Judg.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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