King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8227
Transliteration: shaphan
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-fawn')
Part of Speech: noun masculine; proper name, masculine
Short Definition: hyrax
Meaning: a species of rockrabbit, the hyrax
Word Summary
shaphan: hyrax
Original Word: שָׁפָןTransliteration: shaphan
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-fawn')
Part of Speech: noun masculine; proper name, masculine
Short Definition: hyrax
Meaning: a species of rockrabbit, the hyrax
Strong's Concordance
coney; a species of rock-rabbit From saphan; a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. Probably the hyrax -- coney.
see HEBREW saphan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8227. shaphan
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 Plural 1 PostHast. DB CONEY McLean-ShipleyEncy. Bib. ID.
II. שָׁפָן
proper name, masculine Saf(f)an:
1 secretary (הַסִּפֵר) under Josiah 2 Kings 22:3, 8 (twice in verse); 22:9-10, (twice in verse); 22:12, 14; 2 Chronicles 34:8, 15 (twice in verse); 34:16, 18 (twice in verse); 34:20.
2 father of אֲחִיקָם, contemporary of 1 (improbable = 1): 2 Kings 22:12; 25:22; Jeremiah 26:24; 39:14; 40:5, 9, 11; 41:2; 43:6; 2 Chronicles 34:20.
3 father of אֶלְעָשָׂה Jeremiah 29:3, perhaps = 2
4 father of גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ Jeremiah 36:10 (called הַסִּפֵר), 36:11; 36:12, perhaps = 1
5 father of יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ Ezekiel 8:11, possibly = 1
שׁוֺפָן see עֲטָרוֺת above