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    Shiloh

    SHY-loh

    Meaning

    Peace; Tranquility; He whose it is

    Hebrew origin · Unisex · First in Genesis

    What it points to

    Shiloh whispers of the coming King — the one to whom all authority belongs, the Prince of Peace whose kingdom will have no end.

    Verses · King James Version

    “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.”

    Genesis 49:10

    “And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there.”

    Joshua 18:1

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

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