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Hupham
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Chiupham', חוּפָם, according to Gesenius perh. coast-man, according to Furst screened; Sept. omits, but some eds. have Ο᾿φαμ; Vulg. Hupham), a person apparently mentioned as one of the sons of Benjamin (Numbers 26:39); elsewhere less correctly called HUPPIM (Genesis 46:24). His descendants are called HUPHIMITES (Hebrew Chuphanzi', חוּפָמַי, Sept. omits, but some eds. Ο᾿φαμί,Vulg. Huphamitce, Numbers 26:39). B.C. 1856. The name Huppim being in the plural (Heb. Chuppim', חֻפַּים, coverings; Sept. omits in Genesis 46:21, but some copies have ᾿Θφμίν or Ο᾿φιμίμ; as a son of Bela; Vulg. Ophim.), suggests the possibility that it is a contraction for Huphamites. (See SHUPPIM).
The only other passages where it occurs are 1 Chronicles 7:12 (Sept. Ἀφείμ, Vulg. Hapham) and 15 (Sept. Ἀφφείμ, Vulg. Happhim), in both which it has the same fraternity with Shuppim, and in the latter mention is made of a sister Maachah as married to Machir, the son of Manasseh by a concubine, while in the former Huppim and Shuppim are expressly called the sons of Ir, apparently a son of Benjamin additional to the three mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:6, but probably not the Iri mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:7. Hence results the probability that Hupham, whose descendants are thus spoken of, was a grandson of Benjamin, and consequently a son of one of his five sons expressly named in order in 1 Chronicles 8:1-2, but whether of the fourth or fifth is uncertain. (See BENJAMIN).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hupham'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/hupham.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
