5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shiloh  \Shi"loh\  (sh[=i]"l[=o]),  n.  [Heb.  sh[=i]l[=o]h, 
  literally,  quiet,  rest,  fr  sh[=a]l[=a]h  to  rest.]  (Script.) 
  A  word  used  by  Jacob  on  his  deathbed,  and  interpreted 
  variously,  as  ``the  Messiah,''  or  as  the  city  ``Shiloh,''  or 
  as  ``Rest.'' 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Shiloh 
  n  :  the  second  great  battle  of  the  American  Civil  War  (1862); 
  the  battle  ended  with  the  withdrawal  of  Confederate 
  troops  but  is  was  not  a  Union  victory  [syn:  {Shiloh},  {battle 
  of  Shiloh},  {battle  of  Pittsburgh  Landing}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Shiloh,  AL  (town,  FIPS  69840) 
  Location:  34.46547  N,  85.87734  W 
  Population  (1990):  252  (114  housing  units) 
  Area:  4.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Shiloh,  GA  (city,  FIPS  70428) 
  Location:  32.81242  N,  84.69784  W 
  Population  (1990):  329  (135  housing  units) 
  Area:  5.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  31826 
  Shiloh,  IL  (village,  FIPS  69524) 
  Location:  38.55353  N,  89.90522  W 
  Population  (1990):  2655  (1101  housing  units) 
  Area:  5.4  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  62269 
  Shiloh,  NC 
  Zip  code(s):  27974 
  Shiloh,  NJ  (borough,  FIPS  67020) 
  Location:  39.45800  N,  75.29797  W 
  Population  (1990):  408  (184  housing  units) 
  Area:  3.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Shiloh,  OH  (CDP,  FIPS  72284) 
  Location:  39.81355  N,  84.23176  W 
  Population  (1990):  11607  (6226  housing  units) 
  Area:  10.0  sq  km  (land),  0.1  sq  km  (water) 
  Shiloh,  OH  (village,  FIPS  72298) 
  Location:  40.96871  N,  82.60220  W 
  Population  (1990):  778  (264  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  44878 
  Shiloh,  PA  (CDP,  FIPS  70256) 
  Location:  39.97379  N,  76.79177  W 
  Population  (1990):  8245  (3312  housing  units) 
  Area:  10.9  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Shiloh,  TN 
  Zip  code(s):  38376 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  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.  21:19);  the 
  modern  Seilun  (the  Arabic  for  Shiloh),  a  "mass  of  shapeless 
  ruins."  Here  the  tabernacle  was  set  up  after  the  Conquest  (Josh. 
  18:1-10),  where  it  remained  during  all  the  period  of  the  judges 
  till  the  ark  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Philistines.  "No  spot  in 
  Central  Palestine  could  be  more  secluded  than  this  early 
  sanctuary,  nothing  more  featureless  than  the  landscape  around 
  so  featureless,  indeed,  the  landscape  and  so  secluded  the  spot 
  that  from  the  time  of  St  Jerome  till  its  re-discovery  by  Dr 
  Robinson  in  1838  the  very  site  was  forgotten  and  unknown."  It  is 
  referred  to  by  Jeremiah  (7:12,  14;  26:4-9)  five  hundred  years 
  after  its  destruction. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Shiloh,  sent 
 

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