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Lexicon :: Strong's H8227 - šāp̄ān

Aa
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 - ‘Likewise, the rock H8227 hyrax H8227, for though it chews H5927 cud H1625, it does not have H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541; it is unclean H2931 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - “However H389, you are not to eat H398 these H2088 among H4480 the ones that [fn]chew H5927 the cud H1625, or among H4480 those that have H6536 the hoof H6541 divided H6536 in [fn]two H8156: the camel H1581, the [fn]rabbit H768, and the rock H8227 hyrax H8227, for though they [fn]chew H5927 the cud H1625, they do not have H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541; they are unclean H2931 to you.

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Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Josiah H2977, the king H4428 sent H7971 Shaphan H8227, the son H1121 of Azaliah H683 the son H1121 of Meshullam H4918 the scribe H5608, to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, saying H559,

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Then Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest H3548 said H559 to Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608, “I have found H4672 the Book H5612 of the Law H8451 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.” And Hilkiah H2518 gave H5414 the book H5612 to Shaphan H8227, who read H7121 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:9 - Then Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608 came H935 to the king H4428 and brought H7725 back H7725 word H1697 to the king H4428 and said H559, “Your servants H5650 have emptied H5413 out H5413 the money H3701 that was found H4672 in the house H1004, and have handed H5414 H3027 it over H5414 to the workmen H6213 H4399 who have H6485 the oversight H6485 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:10 - Moreover, Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608 informed H5046 the king H4428, saying H559, “Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 has given H5414 me a book H5612.” And Shaphan H8227 read H7121 it in the presence H6440 of the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:12 - Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548, Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227, [fn]Achbor H5907 the son H1121 of Micaiah H4320, Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608, and Asaiah H6222 the king’s H4428 servant H5650, saying H559,

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So Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548, Ahikam H296, Achbor H5907, Shaphan H8227, and Asaiah H6222 went H1980 to Huldah H2468 the prophetess H5031, the wife H802 of Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of [fn]Tikvah H8616, the son H1121 of Harhas H2745, keeper H8104 of the wardrobe H899 (and she lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 in the Second H4932 Quarter); and they spoke H1696 to her.

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Now as for the people H5971 who were left H7604 in the land H776 of Judah H3063, whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 had left H7604, he appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 over H5921 them.

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Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of his reign H4427, when he had purged H2891 the land H776 and the house H1004, he sent H7971 Shaphan H8227 the son H1121 of Azaliah H683, Maaseiah H4641 an official H8269 of the city H5892, and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Joahaz H3099 the secretary H4206, to repair H2388 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 his God H430.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:15 - Hilkiah H2518 responded H6030 and said H559 to Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608, “I have found H4672 the Book H5612 of the Law H8451 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.” And Hilkiah H2518 gave H5414 the book H5612 to Shaphan H8227.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:16 - Then Shaphan H8227 brought H935 the book H5612 to the king H4428 and [fn]reported H7725 further H5750 word H1697 to the king H4428, saying H559, “Everything H3605 that was [fn]entrusted H5414 H3027 to your servants H5650, they are doing H6213.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:18 - Moreover, Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608 informed H5046 the king H4428, saying H559, “Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 gave H5414 me a book H5612.” And Shaphan H8227 read H7121 from it in the presence H6440 of the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:20 - Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518, Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227, [fn]Abdon H5658 the son H1121 of Micah H4318, Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608, and Asaiah H6222 the king’s H4428 servant H5650, saying H559,

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The high H1364 mountains H2022 are for the wild H3277 goats H3277;

The cliffs H5553 are a refuge H4268 for the rock H8227 hyrax H8227.

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The rock H8227 hyraxes H8227 are not a mighty H6099 people H5971,

Yet they make H7760 their houses H1004 in the rocks H5553;

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But the hand H3027 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 was with Jeremiah H3414, so that he was not handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the people H5971 to put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:3 - The letter was sent by the hand H3027 of Elasah H501 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 and Gemariah H1587 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518, whom H834 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 sent H7971 to Babylon H894 to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then Baruch H1263 read H7121 to all H3605 the people H5971 from the book H5612 the words H1697 of Jeremiah H3414 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in the chamber H3957 of Gemariah H1587 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608, in the upper H5945 courtyard H2691, at the entry H6607 of the New H2319 Gate H8179 of the LORD’S H3068 house H1004.

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Now when Micaiah H4321 the son H1121 of Gemariah H1587, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227, had heard H8085 all H3605 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 from the book H5612,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - he went H3381 down H3381 to the king’s H4428 house H1004, into the scribe’s H5608 chamber H3957. And behold H2009, all H3605 the officials H8269 were sitting H3427 there H8033—Elishama H476 the scribe H5608, Delaiah H1806 the son H1121 of Shemaiah H8098, Elnathan H494 the son H1121 of Achbor H5907, Gemariah H1587 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227, Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Hananiah H2608, and all H3605 the other officials H8269.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - they even sent H7971 word and took H3947 Jeremiah H3414 out of the courtyard H2691 of the guardhouse H4307 and entrusted H5414 him to Gedaliah H1436, the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227, to take H3318 him home H1004. So he stayed H3427 among H8432 the people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - As [fn]Jeremiah was still H5750 not going H7725 back H7725, [fn]he said, “Go H7725 on back H7725 then to Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227, whom H834 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 has appointed H6485 over the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, and stay H3427 with him among H8432 the people H5971; or H176 else go H1980 anywhere H3605 it seems right H3477 for you to go H1980.” So the captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876 gave H5414 him a ration H737 and a gift H4864, and let H7971 him go H7971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Then Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227, swore H7650 to them and to their men H376, saying H559, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372 of serving H5647 the Chaldeans H3778; stay H3427 in the land H776 and serve H5647 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, so that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - Likewise, also H1571 all H3605 the Jews H3064 who H834 were in Moab H4124 and among the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and in Edom H123, and who H834 were in all H3605 the other countries H776, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had [fn]left H5414 a remnant H7611 for Judah H3063, and that he had appointed H6485 over H5921 them Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 and the ten H6235 men H376 who H834 were with him rose H6965 up H6965, and struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227, with the sword H2719 and put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 the one whom H834 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 over the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men H1397, the women H802, the [fn]children H2945, the king’s H4428 daughters H1323, and every H3605 person H5315 whom Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876 had left H5117 with Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 [fn]and grandson H1121 of Shaphan H8227, together with Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 and Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:11 - And standing H5975 in front H6440 of them were seventy H7657 elders H2205 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478, with Jaazaniah H2970 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 standing H5975 among H8432 them, each H376 man H376 with his censer H4730 in his hand H3027; and the fragrance H6282 of the cloud H6051 of incense H7004 was rising H5927.
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