Personal name meaning, whom Jehovah repays. Son of Kore, Tabernacle gatekeeper in the time of David (1 Chr 9:21; 26:1-2, 9). Shelemiah is an abbreviated form of this name (1 Chr 26:14). Other shortened forms include Shallum (1 Chr 9:17, 19, 31; Ezra 2:42) and Meshullam (Neh 12:25). All may refer to the same Levite or various persons may be intended.