Sheerah שֶׁאֱרָה
Ephraim's granddaughter who built three towns
Biography
Sheerah was the granddaughter of Ephraim, the son of Beriah. She is mentioned in 1Ch.7.24 as the builder of the lower and upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah. Building cities was an unusual achievement for a woman in ancient times, suggesting that Sheerah was a prominent figure. The location of Uzzen-sheerah is unknown, but Beth-horon was a significant town in the territory of Ephraim.
Family
In Scripture
1 biblical book1 Chronicles 1 verse
- 1 Chronicles 7:24
"His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah."
Names & Aliases
| Form | Language | Script | Strong's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Named | Hebrew | שֶׁאֱרָה | H7609 |
Sheerah
uilt the two Beth-horons and Uzzen-sheerah. The verse has been suspected because elsewhere in the Old Testament the founders of cities are men. Uzzen-sheerah as a place is unidentified; Conder suggests as the site Bet Sira, a village 2 miles Southwest of the Lower Beth-horon (Mem 3 16).
shet. See DRESS; compare Ac 10:11, "as it were a great sheet" (othone).
she-ha-ri'-a (sheharyah): A Benjamite (<ref osisRef="Bible:1Chr