Shâphân — H8227

Definition

masculine proper noun

a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax

1. n m
2. rock badger, coney, the hyrax
3. n pr m
4. secretary or scribe of king Josiah of Judah
5. father of Ahikam in the time of king Josiah of Judah
1. improbably the same as 2
6. father of Elasah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah
1. perhaps the same as 3
7. a scribe and father of Gemariah
1. perhaps the same as 2
8. father of Jaazaniah in the time of Ezekiel
1. perhaps the same as 2

Usually translated as

coney

Origin

from H8226

• Derived from Sâphan (H8226)

Occurrences

Shâphân occurs 34 times in 28 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), 2 Kings (7), 2 Chronicles (5), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (11), Ezekiel (1)

• Leviticus 11:5 — And the coney (הַשָּׁפָ֗ן), because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
• Deuteronomy 14:7 — Nevertheless 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 (הַשָּׁפָ֜ן): for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
• 2 Kings 22:3 — And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan (שָׁפָ֨ן) the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
• 2 Kings 22:8 — And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan (שָׁפָ֣ן) the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
• 2 Kings 22:8 — And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan (שָׁפָ֖ן), and he read it.
• 2 Kings 22:9 — And Shaphan (שָׁפָ֤ן) the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
• 2 Kings 22:10 — And Shaphan (שָׁפָ֤ן) the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
• 2 Kings 22:10 — And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan (שָׁפָ֖ן) read it before the king.
• 2 Kings 22:12 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan (שָׁ֠פָן), and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
• 2 Kings 22:12 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan (שָׁפָ֣ן) the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
• 2 Kings 22:14 — So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan (וְשָׁפָ֣ן), and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
• 2 Kings 25:22 — And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָֽן), ruler.
• 2 Chronicles 34:8 — Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan (שָׁפָ֨ן) the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
• 2 Chronicles 34:15 — And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan (שָׁפָ֣ן) the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
• 2 Chronicles 34:15 — And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan (שָׁפָֽן).
• 2 Chronicles 34:16 — And Shaphan (שָׁפָ֤ן) carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
• 2 Chronicles 34:18 — Then Shaphan (שָׁפָ֤ן) the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
• 2 Chronicles 34:18 — Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan (שָׁפָ֖ן) read it before the king.
• 2 Chronicles 34:20 — And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan (שָׁ֠פָן), and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
• 2 Chronicles 34:20 — And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan (שָׁפָ֣ן) the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
• Psalms 104:18 — The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies (לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים).
• Proverbs 30:26 — The conies (שְׁ֭פַנִּים) are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
• Jeremiah 26:24 — Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֔ן) was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
• Jeremiah 29:3 — By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֔ן), and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
• Jeremiah 36:10 — Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֨ן) the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house, in the ears of all the people.
• Jeremiah 36:11 — When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֛ן), had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
• Jeremiah 36:12 — Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֛ן), and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
• Jeremiah 39:14 — Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֔ן), that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
• Jeremiah 40:5 — Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֡ן), whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
• Jeremiah 40:9 — And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָן֙) sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
• Jeremiah 40:11 — Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָֽן);
• Jeremiah 41:2 — Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֛ן) with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
• Jeremiah 43:6 — Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֑ן), and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
• Ezekiel 8:11 — And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan (שָׁפָ֜ן), with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.