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HebrewH8203Proper Noun (Masculine)

שְׁפַטְיָהוּ

she.phat.yah

12Occurrences
H8203Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shephatjah, the name of ten Israelites

or שְׁפַטְיָהוּ; from H8199 (שָׁפַט) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has judged;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: David (H1732) and Abital (H0037); half-brother of: Amnon (H0550), Chileab (H3609), Absalom (H0053), Adonijah (H0138), Ithream (H3507), Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727), Nathan (H5416), Solomon (H8010), Ibhar (H2984), Elishua (H0474), Nepheg (H5298H), Japhia (H3309I), Elishama (H0476H), Eliada (H0450), Eliphelet (H0467), Tamar (H8559H), Elpelet (H0467I), Nogah (H5052) and Jerimoth (H3406N) § Shephatiah = "Jehovah has judged" 1) a son of David by Abital; David's 5th son 2) head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel 3) another head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel 4) a Judaite, son of Mahalaleel and father of Amariah 5) a prince of Judah, son of Mattan and one of the counsellors who advised king Zedekiah of Judah to kill the prophet Jeremiah 6) the Haruphite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag 7) son of Maachah and prince of the tribe of Simeon in the time of ) son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to his successor Jehoram

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שְׁפַטְיָהוּ appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
3
Nehemiah
3
2 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:16BSB

These officers were in charge of the tribes of Israel:Over the Reubenites was Eliezer son of Zichri;over the Simeonites was Shephatiah son of Maacah;

1 Chronicles 9:8BSB

Ibneiah son of Jeroham;Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri;Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

2 Samuel 3:4BSB

his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith;his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

Ezra 2:57BSB

the descendants of Shephatiah,the descendants of Hattil,the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim,and the descendants of Ami.

Jeremiah 38:1BSB

Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:

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