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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 Box2Ki 22:3 - And it came to pass H1961 in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Josiah, H2977 that 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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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:9 - And H935➔ Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608 came ➔H935 to H413 the king, H4428 and brought H7725➔ the king H4428 word H1697 again, ➔H7725 and said, H559 Thy servants H5650 have gathered H5413 the money H3701 that was found H4672 in the house, H1004 and have delivered it H5414 into H5921 the hand H3027 of them that do H6213 the work, H4399 that have the oversight H6485 of the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:15 - And H6030➔ Hilkiah H2518 answered ➔H6030 and said H559 to H413 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 H5414➔ Hilkiah H2518 delivered ➔H5414 the book H5612 to H413 Shaphan. H8227

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:16 - And H935➔ Shaphan H8227 carried ➔H935 the book H5612 to H413 the king, H4428 and brought H7725➔ the king H4428 word H1697 back ➔H7725 again, H5750 saying, H559 All H3605 that H834 was committed H5414 to H3027 thy servants, H5650 they H1992 do H6213 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:18 - Then H5046➔ Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608 told ➔H5046 the king, H4428 saying, H559 Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 hath given H5414 me H589 a book. H5612 And H7121➔ Shaphan H8227 read ➔H7121 it before H6440 the king. H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:20 - And H6680➔ the king H4428 commanded ➔H6680 Hilkiah, H2518 and H853 Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 and H853 Abdon H5658 the son H1121 of Micah, H4318 and H853 Shaphan H8227 the scribe, H5608 and H853 Asaiah H6222 a servant H5650 of the king's, H4428 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18 - The H2022➔ high H1364 hills ➔H2022 are a refuge H4268 for the wild goats; H3277 and the rocks H5553 for the conies. H8227

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then read H7121 Baruch H1263 in 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 H2691➔ the higher H5945 court, ➔H2691 at the entry H6607 of H8179➔ the new H2319 gate ➔H8179 of the H1004➔ LORD'S H3068 house, ➔H1004 in the ears H241 of all H3605 the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:11 - When H8085➔ Michaiah H4321 the son H1121 of Gemariah, H1587 the son H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 had heard ➔H8085 out of H5921 the book H5612 all H3605 the words H1697 of the LORD, H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - Then he went down H3381 into H1004➔ the king's H4428 house, ➔H1004 into H5921 the scribe's H5608 chamber: H3957 and, lo, H2009 all H3605 the princes H8269 sat H3427 there, H8033 even Elishama H476 the scribe, H5608 and Delaiah H1806 the son H1121 of Shemaiah, H8098 and Elnathan H494 the son H1121 of Achbor, H5907 and Gemariah H1587 the son H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 and Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Hananiah, H2608 and all H3605 the princes. H8269

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - Even they sent, H7971 and took H3947 Jeremiah H3414 out of the court H2691 of the prison, H4307 and committed H5414 him H853 unto H413 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 that he should carry him H3318 home: H1004 so he dwelt H3427 among H8432 the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - Now while H5750➔ he was H7725➔ not H3808 yet ➔H5750 gone back, ➔H7725 he said, Go back also H7725 to H413 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 whom H834 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 hath made governor H6485 over the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and dwell H3427 with him H854 among H8432 the people: H5971 or H176 go H3212 wheresoever H413 H3605 it seemeth H5869➔ convenient H3477 unto thee ➔H5869 to go. H3212 So H5414➔ the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 gave ➔H5414 him victuals H737 and a reward, H4864 and let him go. H7971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - And H7650➔ Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 sware ➔H7650 unto them and to their men, H376 saying, H559 Fear H3372 not H408 to serve H5647 the Chaldeans: H3778 dwell H3427 in the land, H776 and serve H5647 the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and it shall be well H3190 with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - Likewise when H1571 all H3605 the Jews H3064 that H834 were in Moab, H4124 and among H1121 the Ammonites, H5983 and in Edom, H123 and that H834 were in all H3605 the countries, H776 heard H8085 that H3588 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had left H5414 a remnant H7611 of Judah, H3063 and that H3588 he had set H6485 over them H5921 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan; H8227

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Then arose H6965 Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah, H5418 and H6235➔ the H376➔ ten ➔H6235 men ➔H376 that H834 were H1961 with him, H854 and smote H5221 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 with the sword, H2719 and slew H4191 him, H853 whom H834 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had made governor H6485 over the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - Even men, H1397 and H853 women, H802 and H853 children, H2945 and H853 the king's H4428 daughters, H1323 and H853 every H3605 person H5315 that H834 Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 had left H3240 with H854 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 and H853 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet, H5030 and H853 Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah. H5374

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:11 - And H7657➔ there stood H5975 before them H6440 seventy ➔H7657 men H376 of the ancients H2205 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 and H2970➔ in the midst of them H8432 stood H5975 Jaazaniah ➔H2970 the son H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 with every man H376 his censer H4730 in his hand; H3027 and a thick H6282 cloud H6051 of incense H7004 went up. H5927
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