Shᵉphaṭyâh — H8203

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shephatjah, the name of ten Israelites

1. Shephatiah = "Jehovah has judged"
2. a son of David by Abital; David's 5th son
3. head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel
4. another head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel
5. a Judaite, son of Mahalaleel and father of Amariah
6. a prince of Judah, son of Mattan and one of the counsellors who advised king Zedekiah of Judah to kill the prophet Jeremiah
7. the Haruphite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag
8. son of Maachah and prince of the tribe of Simeon in the time of David
9. son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to his successor Jehoram

Usually translated as

Shephatiah

Origin

or Shᵉphaṭyâhûw; from H8199 and H3050; Jah has judged

• Derived from Shâphaṭ (H8199)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Shᵉphaṭyâh occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (3), Jeremiah (1)

• 2 Samuel 3:4 — And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֥ה) the son of Abital;
• 1 Chronicles 3:3 — The fifth, Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֖ה) of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
• 1 Chronicles 9:8 — And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה), the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
• 1 Chronicles 12:5 — Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah (וּשְׁפַטְיָ֖הוּ) the Haruphite,
• 1 Chronicles 27:16 — Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֖הוּ) the son of Maachah:
• 2 Chronicles 21:2 — And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah (וּשְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּ): all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
• Ezra 2:4 — The children of Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה), three hundred seventy and two.
• Ezra 2:57 — The children of Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה), the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
• Ezra 8:8 — And of the sons of Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה); Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
• Nehemiah 7:9 — The children of Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה), three hundred seventy and two.
• Nehemiah 7:59 — The children of Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה), the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
• Nehemiah 11:4 — And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֥ה), the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
• Jeremiah 38:1 — Then Shephatiah (שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה) the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,