Strongs Number: H8227
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁפָן
- Transliteration
- shâphân
- Phonetic
- shaw-fawn'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a species of rock rabbit (from its {hiding }) that {is} probably the hyrax
- BDB Definition
-
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
a. improbably the same as 2
4. father of Elasah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
a. perhaps the same as 3
5. a scribe and father of Gemariah
a. perhaps the same as 2
6. father of Jaazaniah in the time of Ezekiel
a. perhaps the same as 2
- Origin
- From H8226
- Bible Usage
- coney.