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Strong H82402 sensesשְׁפַתָּ֑יִם

ash heep · hook

Transliteration
shâphâth
Pronunciation
shaw-fawth'

The 2 senses of Strong H8240

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H8240 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. ash heepH8240Aprobably same as מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם, probably fire-places or ash-heaps1 verse · Psalms
  2. hookשְׁפַתַּ֫יִםH8240Bhook-shaped pegs, hooks, pots, fold1 verse · Ezekiel

General definition

From H8239; a (double) stall (for cattle); also a (two pronged) hook (for flaying animals on): - {hook} pot.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • hook1
  • pot1

First verses

  1. Psalms 68:13
    Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
  2. Ezekiel 40:43
    And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.