Shiloh
Appearance
Shiloh, Shilo, or Silo (/ˈʃaɪloʊ/; Hebrew: שִׁלוֹ ,שִׁילֹה ,שִׁלֹה, and שִׁילוֹ variably) is mainly known as the name of the biblical city which preceded Jerusalem as the central worship site of the early Israelites. One Bible line might indicate that it was also used as the personal name of a biblical figure.
Bible
- Shiloh (biblical city), an ancient city in Samaria, located just west of the modern town of Shiloh.
- Shiloh (biblical figure), a figure of contested meaning mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Books and entertainment
- Shiloh (franchise), a series of novels and film adaptations
- Shiloh (Naylor novel), a 1991 children's novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Shiloh (film), a 1996 family movie produced and directed by Dale Rosenbloom
- Shiloh (Foote novel), a 1952 historical novel by Shelby Foote about the American Civil War battle
- Battleground 4: Shiloh, a 1996 computer game
- Shiloh, a chapter of The Civil War (miniseries) by Ken Burns, cited as a Hebrew word meaning "place of peace"
- Craig Shilo, a character in the television series Blue Mountain State
- Shiloh, the capital city in Kings (American TV series)
- Shiloh Ranch, the setting for the television series The Virginian
Military
- Battle of Shiloh, a major battle of the American Civil War, in Tennessee
- Shiloh National Military Park, preserving the Shiloh and Corinth battlefields
- USS Shiloh (1865), a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor
- USS Shiloh (CG-67), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy
Music
- Shilo (album), a compilation album of songs recorded by Neil Diamond
- "Shilo" (song), written and recorded by Neil Diamond
- Shiloh, an early band formed by Don Henley of the Eagles
- "Shiloh", a Christmas carol written by William Billings in 1781
- An alias of Willem Rebergen (born 1985), Dutch DJ and music producer, stage name Headhunterz
People
- Shiloh (given name), a unisex name and a list of people with the name
- Shiloh (singer) (born Shiloh Hoganson in 1993), Canadian pop singer and songwriter
Places
Canada
- CFB Shilo, Manitoba, Canada, a former settlement, now a military base
- Shilo, a community in the township of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Iran
- Shilan, Gilan, a village also known as Shilo
Israel
United States
- Shiloh, DeKalb County, Alabama, a town
- Shiloh, Marengo County, Alabama, an unincorporated community
- Shiloh, Arkansas (disambiguation)
- Shiloh, Florida, a former village
- Shiloh, Georgia, a city
- Shiloh, Illinois, a village
- Shiloh, Indiana, an unincorporated town
- Shiloh, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
- Shiloh, Mississippi, a ghost town
- Shiloh, New Jersey, a borough
- Shiloh, Montgomery County, Ohio, a census-designated place
- Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio, a village
- Shiloh, York County, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
- Shiloh, Sumter County, South Carolina, a census-designated place
- Shiloh, Tennessee (disambiguation)
- Shiloh, Texas (disambiguation)
- Shiloh, Virginia (disambiguation)
- Shiloh, West Virginia (disambiguation)
- Shiloh Creek, a stream in Kansas and Missouri
- Shiloh Hill, Illinois, an unincorporated community
- Shiloh Historic District, Springdale, Arkansas
- Shiloh Township (disambiguation)
Religious institutions
- Shiloh, a farm and retreat site in Iowa associated with The Living Word Fellowship, a group of Christian churches
- Shiloh Church (disambiguation)
- Shilo Institute (Machon Shilo), Jerusalem, Israel, a rabbinical court and institute of Jewish education headed by David Bar-Hayim
- Shiloh Temple, a Christian facility in Maine on the National Register of Historic Places, founded by Frank Sandford
- Shiloh Youth Revival Centers, a movement of hippy-style rescue missions that was part of the larger Jesus People movement of the 1970s
Schools
- Shiloh Christian School, Springdale, Arkansas, a private school
- Shiloh College, Shiloh Hill, Illinois, a former teachers' college and later public school, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shiloh High School (disambiguation)
- Shiloh Middle School, Parma, Ohio
- Shiloh School, a historic one-room school building near Kilmarnock, Virginia, on the National Register of Historic Places
Other uses
- Shiloh House (disambiguation), several buildings on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale, Arkansas
- Shiloh Orphanage, a former orphanage for black children in Augusta, Georgia, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shiloh Wind Power Plant, Montezuma Hills, California