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HebrewH8202Proper Noun (Masculine)

שָׁפָט

sha.phat

8Occurrences
H8202Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shaphat, the name of four Israelites

from H8199 (שָׁפַט); judge;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at ; son of: Hori (H2753) § Shaphat = "judged" or "he hath judged" 1) son of Hori and the prince of Simeon chosen to spy out the promised land 2) father of the prophet Elisha 3) a Judaite, son of Shemaiah and descendant of Zerubbabel in the royal line of ) a chief of the tribe of ) son of Adlai and chief herdsman for David over the herds in the valleys

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שָׁפָט appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3
1 Kings
2
2 Kings
2
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:29BSB

Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon.Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.

1 Chronicles 3:22BSB

The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons:Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.

1 Chronicles 5:12BSB

Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Jaanai and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan.

1 Kings 19:16BSB

You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.

1 Kings 19:19BSB

So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.