Shuppîym — H8206

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shuppim, an Israelite

1. Shuppim = "serpents"
2. son of Iri or Ir, grandson of Bela, and great grandson of Benjamin
3. a Merarite Levite, son of Hosah, and in charge of the West Gate of the temple in the time of David

Usually translated as

Shuppim

Origin

plural of an unused noun from the same as H8207 and meaning the same; serpents

• Same as Shᵉphîyphôn (H8207)

Occurrences

Shuppîym occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (3)

• 1 Chronicles 7:12 — Shuppim (וְשֻׁפִּ֤ם) also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
• 1 Chronicles 7:15 — And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim (וּלְשֻׁפִּ֔ים), whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
• 1 Chronicles 26:16 — To Shuppim (לְשֻׁפִּ֤ים) and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.