H8227 - שָׁפָן (shâphân)

H8227 שָׁפָן (shâphân) shaw-fawn'

Hebrew

Biblical Persons & Places

Shaphan Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.3; only referred to as Shaphan (שָׁפָן); a son of Azaliah; father of Ahikam, Elasah, Gemariah.

Shaphan Man living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezk.8.11; only referred to as Shaphan (שָׁפָן); father of Jaazaniah.

Strong's Definition

a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax

Derivation: from H8226 (שָׂפַן);

KJV Usage: coney.

TWOT Reference: 2446a

Outline of Biblical Usage

n m

1) rock badger, coney, the hyrax

n pr m

2) secretary or scribe of king Josiah of Judah

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

3a) improbably the same as 2

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

4a) perhaps the same as 3

5) a scribe and father of Gemariah

5a) perhaps the same as 2

6) father of Jaazaniah in the time of Ezekiel

6a) perhaps the same as 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁפָן shâphân BDB Definition: 1) rock badger, coney, the hyrax (noun masculine) 2) secretary or scribe of king Josiah of Judah (noun proper masculine) 3) father of Ahikam in the time of king Josiah of Judah (noun proper masculine) 3a) improbably the same as 2 4) father of Elasah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah (noun proper masculine) 4a) perhaps the same as 3 5) a scribe and father of Gemariah (noun proper masculine) 5a) perhaps the same as 2 6) father of Jaazaniah in the time of Ezekiel (noun proper masculine) 6a) perhaps the same as 2 Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8226 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2446a Total KJV Occurrences: 34

Bible Occurrences (28)

11:5

14:7

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

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

104:18

30:26

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

8:11

Leviticus 11:5

The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Deuteronomy 14:7

But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided... hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, [or] the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,

2 Kings 22:3

Now in the eighteenth... year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,

2 Kings 22:8

Then Hilkiah the high... priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD! And he gave [it] to Shaphan, who read it.

2 Kings 22:9

And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported......, Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers... and supervisors of the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 22:10

Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king,... Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

2 Kings 22:12

[and] commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king -:

2 Kings 22:14

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.