Strong H8202H8202Hשָׁפָט
Shaphat
One of the 5 senses of Strong H8202
- Transliteration
- shâphâţ
- Pronunciation
- shaw-fawt'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.19.16;
father of: Elisha (H477)
father of: Elisha (H477)
Meaning of the name
Shaphat = "judged" or "he hath judged"
General definition
From H8199; judge;
{Shaphat} the name of four Israelites: - Shaphat.
{Shaphat} the name of four Israelites: - Shaphat.
In the biblical story
Shaphat
Father of Elisha the prophet
Shaphat was the father of Elisha, the prophet who succeeded Elijah and performed many miracles during the reigns of the kings of Israel.
In the Bible
Strong H8202H appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shaphat4
First verses
- 1 Kings 19:16And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel–meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
- 1 Kings 19:19So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
- 2 Kings 3:11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
- 2 Kings 6:31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.