Bible Person

Shallum

Meaning: perfect; agreeable · Male · 1 cross reference

This Shallum entry refers to Jeremiah's uncle in Jeremiah 32:7, not to the rebuilding leader, the Ezra 10 figures, or the Simeonite ancestor. He belongs to the family background of Jeremiah's symbolic purchase of a field. First appears in Jer 32:7.1

AI summary: This Shallum matters because his single cross reference helps root Jeremiah's sign-act of hope in a real kinship obligation and family line. The entry adds domestic and legal texture to a prophetic moment about future restoration. Taken together, the material presents this Shallum as a familial source in Jeremiah's field-purchase narrative.1

Central Figure

Shallum

Meaning: perfect; agreeable

The uncle of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer.