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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8227 - שָׁפָן

Transliteration

shâphân

Phonetics

shaw-fawn'

Origin

from (H8226)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun, proper masculine noun

TWOT

2446a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

n m
1. rock badger, coney, the hyrax
n pr m
1. secretary or scribe of king Josiah of Judah
2. father of Ahikam in the time of king Josiah of Judah
  1. improbably the same as 2
3. father of Elasah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
  1. perhaps the same as 3
4. a scribe and father of Gemariah
  1. perhaps the same as 2
5. father of Jaazaniah in the time of Ezekiel
  1. perhaps the same as 2

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (34)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 10

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 1

BSB (34)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 10

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 1

CSB (34)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 10

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 1

ESV (34)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 10

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 1

KJV (34)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 10

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 1

LEB (34)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 10

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 1

LSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (34)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 10

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 1

ASV (34)

and shaphan 9

and the coney 2

for the conies 1

of shaphan 15

shaphan 2

the conies 1

to shaphan 3

unto shaphan 1

BSB (34)

and shaphan 3

for the coneys 1

moreover, shaphan 2

of shaphan 15

shaphan 9

the conies 1

the rock badger 2

then shaphan 1

CSB (34)

hyraxes 2

shaphan 30

the hyrax 2

ESV (34)

rock badger 2

rock badgers 2

shaphan 30

KJV (34)

coney 2

conies 2

shaphan 30

LEB (34)

and shaphan 1

for the rock badgers 1

shaphan 24

the badgers 1

the coney 2

then shaphan 4

word to shaphan 1

LSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (34)

and shaphan 3

and the rabbit 1

for the rock badgers 1

of shaphan 15

shaphan 8

the coney 1

the conies 1

to shaphan 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2867) n p s (סהפנ ShPN) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

N^m ) n p s (סהפנ ShPN) - Shaphan: An unknown animal. KJV (34): shaphan, coney - Strongs: H8227 (שָׁפָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שָׁפָן noun masculine^{Leviticus 11:5} rock-badger, hyrax syriacus, AV RV coney; — absolute ׳שׁ Deuteronomy 14:7 = Leviticus 11:5 (P; unclean animal); living in rocks, plural שְׁפַנִּים Psalm 104:18; Proverbs 30:26. — See Rob^{BR iii. 66,387} Tr^{NHB 75; FFP 1, and Plural 1} Post^{Hast. DB CONEY} McLean-Shipley^{Ency. Bib. ID}.

II. שָׁפָן

proper name, masculine Saf(f)an:

1 secretary (הַסִּפֵר) under Josiah 2 Kings 22:3,8 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 22:9,10 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 22:12,14; 2 Chronicles 34:8,15 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 34:16,18 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 34:20.

2 father ofאֲחִיקָם, contemporary of 1 (improbable = 1): 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 26:24; Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 40:5,9,11; Jeremiah 41:2; Jeremiah 43:6; 2 Chronicles 34:20.

3 father of אֶלְעָשָׂה Jeremiah 29:3, perhaps = 2

4 father ofגְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ Jeremiah 36:10 (called הַסִּפֵר), Jeremiah 36:11; Jeremiah 36:12, perhaps = 1

5 father ofיַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ Ezekiel 8:11, possibly = 1

שׁוֺפָן see עֲטָרוֺת above

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁפָן m.

(1) a quadruped (which chews the cud like a hare), Levit. 11:5 Deuteronomy 14:7 which lives gregariously on rocks, and is remarked for its cunning, Psalms 104:18; Proverbs 30:26. The Rabbins render it coney; more correctly the LXX. in three places, χοιρογρύλλιος, i.e. mus jaculus Linn., Arab. يربوع, Jerboa, an animal of the size of the coney, with a head resembling that of a hog, with long hind legs fitted for leaping; it inhabits burrows dug in the mud, and is remarkably cunning. It is either so called from its burrows in which it hides itself, or from its cunning. See Bochart, Hieroz. i. p. 1001, seqq. Oedmann, Verm. Sammlungen, iv. p. 48.

(2) [Shaphan], pr.n.

(a) a scribe of Josiah, 2 Kings 22:3, 12 2 Kings 22:12; Jeremiah 36:10, compare Ezekiel 8:11.

(b) 2 Kings 22:12, 25:22 Jeremiah 26:24, 39:14.

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List of Word Forms

הַשָּׁפָ֗ן הַשָּׁפָ֜ן השפן וְשָׁפָ֣ן ושפן לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃ לשפנים׃ פן פנים שְׁ֭פַנִּים שָׁ֠פָן שָׁפָ֑ן שָׁפָ֔ן שָׁפָ֖ן שָׁפָ֛ן שָׁפָ֜ן שָׁפָ֡ן שָׁפָ֣ן שָׁפָ֤ן שָׁפָ֨ן שָׁפָֽן׃ שָׁפָן֙ שפן שפן׃ fan fannim haš·šā·p̄ān hashshaFan haššāp̄ān laš·p̄an·nîm LashfanNim lašp̄annîm p̄ān p̄an·nîm p̄annîm šā·p̄ān šāp̄ān shaFan veshaFan wə·šā·p̄ān wəšāp̄ān