Strong H8227H8227Aשָׁפָן
rock badger
One of the 3 senses of Strong H8227
- Transliteration
- shâphân
- Pronunciation
- shaw-fawn'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H8226; a species of rock rabbit (from its {hiding }) that {is} probably the hyrax: - coney.
Detailed definition
rock badger, coney, the hyrax
In the Bible
Strong H8227A appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- coney2
- cony2
First verses
- Leviticus 11:5And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
- Deuteronomy 14:7Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
- Psalms 104:18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
- Proverbs 30:26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;