Meshullam is a Biblical masculine name meaning "Befriended". In the Old Testament the name Meshullam was borne by eleven characters: 1. * One of the chief Gadites in Bashan in the time of Jotham (Ch1 5:13). 2. * Grandfather of Shaphan, "the scribe," in the reign of Josiah (Kg2 22:3). 3. * A priest, father of Hilkiah (Ch1 9:11),(Neh 11:11), in the reign of Ammon; called Shallum in (Ch1 6:12). 4. * A Levite of the family of Kohath ((Ch2 34:12), in the reign of Josiah. 5. * A son of Elpaal. (Ch1 8:17). 6. * One of two sons of Zerubbabel, the other being Hananiah. (1 Chronicles 3:19) 7. * A priest, head of the House of Ezra. (Neh 12:13). 8. * A chief priest (Neh 12:16). 9. * One of the leading Levites in the time of Ezra (Ezr 8:16). 10. * A pries