King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8240
Transliteration: shaphath
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-fawth')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps
Meaning: perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps
Word Summary
shaphath: perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps
Original Word: שָׁפָתTransliteration: shaphath
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-fawth')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps
Meaning: perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps
Strong's Concordance
hook, pot From shaphath; a (double) stall (for cattle); also a (two-pronged) hook (for flaying animals on) -- hook, pot.
see HEBREW shaphath
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8240. shaphath
II. שְׁפַתַּ֫יִם noun [masculine] dual doubtful word: usually hook-shaped pegs, hooks, so ᵑ7 Thes AV RV; absolute ׳וְהַשּׁ Ezekiel 40:43; < ᵑ9 ᵑ6 Co וּשְׂפָתָם and their edge, so Aq Theod Symm and probably ᵐ5, compare Hi-Sm, and Krae (וּשְׂפַת). — 1. ׳שׁ see √שׁפה.
שֶׁ֫צֶף see שֶׁ֫טֶף below שׁטף.