Shâphâṭ — H8202

H8202 · Hebrew — שפט

Pronunciation: shaw-fawt'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shaphat, the name of four Israelites

  1. Shaphat = "judged" or "he hath judged"
  2. son of Hori and the prince of Simeon chosen to spy out the promised land
  3. father of the prophet Elisha
  4. a Judaite, son of Shemaiah and descendant of Zerubbabel in the royal line of Judah
  5. a chief of the tribe of Gad
  6. son of Adlai and chief herdsman for David over the herds in the valleys

Usually translated as

Shaphat

Origin

from H8199; judge

Occurrences

Shâphâṭ occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (3)

Strong's Lexicon — S