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HebrewH8206Proper Noun (Masculine)

שֻׁפִּים

shup.pim

3Occurrences
H8206Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shuppim, an Israelite

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Ir (H5893); brother of: Huppim (H2650) and Maacah (H4601M) § Shuppim = "serpents" 1) son of Iri or Ir, grandson of Bela, and great grandson of Benjamin 2) a Merarite Levite, son of Hosah, and in charge of the West Gate of the temple in the time of David

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שֻׁפִּים appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 26:16BSB

The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah.There were guards stationed at every watch.

1 Chronicles 7:12BSB

The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

1 Chronicles 7:15BSB

Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah.Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

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