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Lexicon :: Strong's H8227 - šāp̄ān

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שָׁפָן
Transliteration
šāp̄ān
Pronunciation
shaw-fawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2446a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁפָן shâphân, shaw-fawn'; from H8226; a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax:—coney.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H8227 in the following manner: Shaphan (30x), coney (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H8227 in the following manner: Shaphan (30x), coney (4x).
masculine noun

  1. rock badger, coney, the hyrax

    proper masculine noun

  2. secretary or scribe of king Josiah of Judah

  3. father of Ahikam in the time of king Josiah of Judah

    1. improbably the same as 2

  4. father of Elasah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

    1. perhaps the same as 3

  5. a scribe and father of Gemariah

    1. perhaps the same as 2

  6. father of Jaazaniah in the time of Ezekiel

    1. perhaps the same as 2

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁפָן shâphân, shaw-fawn'; from H8226; a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax:—coney.
STRONGS H8227: Abbreviations
† שָׁפָן noun masculineLeviticus 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 RobBR iii. 66, 387 TrNHB 75; FFP 1, and Pl. 1 PostHast. DB CONEY McLean-ShipleyEncy. Bib. ID.

II. שָׁפָן proper name, masculine Σαφ(φ)αν:
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 of אֲחִיקָם, 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 of גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ Jeremiah 36:10 (called הַסִּפֵר), Jeremiah 36:11; Jeremiah 36:12, perhaps = 1.
5. father of יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ Ezekiel 8:11, possibly = 1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

11:5; 11:5

Deuteronomy

14:7

2 Kings

22:3; 22:8; 22:9; 22:10; 22:12; 22:12; 22:14; 25:22

2 Chronicles

34:8; 34:15; 34:16; 34:18; 34:20; 34:20

Psalms

104:18

Proverbs

30:26

Jeremiah

26:24; 29:3; 36:10; 36:11; 36:12; 39:14; 40:5; 40:9; 40:11; 41:2; 43:6

Ezekiel

8:11

H8227

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Strong's Number H8227 matches the Hebrew שָׁפָן (šāp̄ān),
which occurs 34 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:5 - ‘And the [fn]shaphan, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - “However, you are not to eat any of these [animals] among those which chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel, the hare and the [fn]shaphan, for though they chew the cud, they do not split the hoof; they are unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 -

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam the scribe to the house of the LORD, saying,

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Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house (temple) of the LORD.” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:9 - Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to him: “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have placed it in the hands of the workmen who have been appointed over the house of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:10 - Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it [aloud] before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:12 - Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying,

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So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (she was living in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter [the new part of the city]); and they spoke to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22 -

Now over the people whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left in the land of Judah, he appointed [as governor] Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 -

In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, when he had purged the land and the [LORD’S] house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder (secretary), to repair the house of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:15 - Hilkiah told Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.” And he gave the book to Shaphan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:16 - Shaphan brought the book to the king, but [first] reported further to him, “Your servants are doing everything that was entrusted to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:18 - Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:20 - Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18 -

The high mountains are for the wild goats;

The rocks are a refuge for the [fn]shephanim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:26 -

The [fn]shephanim are not a mighty folk,

Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:24 -

But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:3 - The letter was hand-carried by Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then Baruch read to all the people the words of Jeremiah from the scroll of the book in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the LORD’S house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:11 -

When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - he went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber; and behold, all the princes were sitting there: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the [other] princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - they even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guardhouse and entrusted him to Gedaliah [a prominent citizen], the son of Ahikam [who had once saved Jeremiah’s life], the son of Shaphan, to take him home [with him to Mizpah]. So Jeremiah [was released and] lived among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - While Jeremiah was still hesitating, the captain of the bodyguard said, “Go on back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed [governor] over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else go wherever it seems right for you to go.” So the captain of the bodyguard gave him an allowance of food and a gift and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans; stay in this land and serve the king of Babylon, that it may go well with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - Likewise, when all the Jews who were in Moab and among the people of Ammon and in Edom and who were in all the [other] countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant [of the people] in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan over them [as governor],

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed [governor] over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men, women, and children, the king’s daughters (ladies of the court), and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; he also took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:11 - Standing before these [images] were seventy elders of the house of Israel, and among them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan [the scribe], each man with his censer in his hand and a thick and fragrant cloud of incense was rising [as they prayed to these gods].
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