Strong H8227H8227Gשָׁפָן
Shaphan
One of the 3 senses of Strong H8227
- Transliteration
- shâphân
- Pronunciation
- shaw-fawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezk.8.11;
father of: Jaazaniah (H2970H)
father of: Jaazaniah (H2970H)
Meaning of the name
Shaphan = "coney"
General definition
From H8226; a species of rock rabbit (from its {hiding }) that {is} probably the hyrax: - coney.
In the biblical story
Shaphan
Father of Jaazaniah, an idolatrous worshipper
Shaphan was the father of Jaazaniah, one of the seventy elders of Israel who were involved in idolatrous practices in the temple.
In the Bible
Strong H8227G appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shaphan1
First verses
- Ezekiel 8:11And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.