Hebrew noun (masculine) · H8227
שָׁפָן
shaphanshaw-fawn'
rock badger; Shaphan; Shaphan
34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâphân
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8227is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8227
a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
The King James renders it: coney.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shaphan is rendered "rock badger; Shaphan; Shaphan". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "rock badger".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 11:5The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
Leviticus 11:5הַשָּׁפָ֗ן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's thirty-four uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: rock badger, and Shaphan, and Shaphan.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| rock badgerStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLeviticus 11:5The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. |
| ShaphanStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ShaphanStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Shaphan29
- the rock badger2
- and Shaphan1
- for the rock badgers1
- rock badgers1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 34, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שָׁפָ֣ן4
- שָׁפָ֤ן4
- שָׁפָ֨ן3
- שָׁפָ֖ן3
- שָׁפָ֔ן3
- שָׁפָ֛ן3
- שָׁ֠פָן2
- שָׁפָֽן׃2
- הַשָּׁפָ֗ן1
- הַשָּׁפָ֜ן1
- וְשָׁפָ֣ן1
- לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)29HNpm
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HRd/Ncmpa
Leviticus
one use
The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
- הַשָּׁפָ֗ןhashafanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock badger
Deuteronomy
one use
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.
- הַשָּׁפָ֜ןhashafanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock badger
2 Kings
ten uses
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,
- שָׁפָ֨ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
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.
- שָׁפָ֣ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
- שָׁפָ֖ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
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.”
- שָׁפָ֤ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
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.
- שָׁפָ֤ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
- שָׁפָ֖ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
- שָׁ֠פָןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
- שָׁפָ֣ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
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.
- וְשָׁפָ֣ןveshafanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shaphan
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
- שָׁפָֽן׃ פshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
2 Chronicles
eight uses
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
- שָׁפָ֨ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
And Hilkiah 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.
- שָׁפָ֣ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
- שָׁפָֽן׃shafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
- שָׁפָ֤ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
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.
- שָׁפָ֤ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
- שָׁפָ֖ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
- שָׁ֠פָןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
- שָׁפָ֣ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
Psalms
one use
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
- לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃lashfanimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for the rock badgers
Proverbs
one use
the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
- שְׁ֭פַנִּיםshefanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: rock badgers
Jeremiah
eleven uses
Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
- שָׁפָ֔ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:
- שָׁפָ֔ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
- שָׁפָ֨ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,
- שָׁפָ֛ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
- שָׁפָ֛ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
- שָׁפָ֔ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.
- שָׁפָ֡ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
- שָׁפָן֙shafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,
- שָׁפָֽן׃shafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
- שָׁפָ֛ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
- שָׁפָ֑ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
Ezekiel
one use
Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
- שָׁפָ֜ןshafanproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaphan
The letters
Gematria 430· 1,080 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.