shafan · rock badger

What it means

shafan (שָׁפָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rock badger”.

(hyrax): a small animal that lives among the rocks, like a rabbit.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A small rabbit-like animal living among rocks.
2. Shaphan, a man's name, like Josiah's scribe.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Shaphan ×30
• hyrax ×1
• hyraxes ×1
• rock badger ×1
• rock badgers ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• 2 Kings×10
• 2 Chronicles×8
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×1
• Jeremiah×11
• Ezekiel×1

• Leviticus 11:5

  And the hyrax, for it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it shall be unclean for you.

• Deuteronomy 14:7

  But these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that have the hoof parted in two: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof; they are unclean for you.

• 2 Kings 22:3

  And it happened, in year eighteen of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of YHWH, saying,

• 2 Kings 22:8

  Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “The book of the law I have found in the house of YHWH.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

• 2 Kings 22:9

  Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, “Your servants have emptied out the silver that was found in the house, and they have given it into the hand of those who do the work, who are appointed over the house of YHWH.”

• 2 Kings 22:10

  Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king.

• 2 Kings 22:12

  The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying,

• 2 Kings 22:14

  Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah son of Harhas, keeper of the garments —she was living in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter— and they spoke with her.

• 2 Kings 25:22

  As for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.

• 2 Chronicles 34:8

  In the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the official of the city, and Joah son of Jehoahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of YHWH his Elohim.

• 2 Chronicles 34:15

  Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, “The book of the law I have found in the house of YHWH.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

• 2 Chronicles 34:16

  Shaphan brought the book to the king, and he further brought back to the king word, saying, “All that was given into the hand of your servants, they are doing.

• 2 Chronicles 34:18

  Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read in it before the king.

• 2 Chronicles 34:20

  The king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying,

• Psalms 104:18

  The high mountains are for the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyraxes.

• Proverbs 30:26

  the rock badgers, a people not mighty, and they make their house in the crag;

• Jeremiah 26:24

  But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so as not to give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

• Jeremiah 29:3

  by the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Babylon, saying:

• Jeremiah 36:10

  And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of YHWH, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entrance of the New Gate of the house of YHWH, in the ears of all the people.

• Jeremiah 36:11

  And Micaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of YHWH from the book,

• Jeremiah 36:12

  and he went down to the house of the king, into the chamber of the scribe; and look, there all the princes were sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Achbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

• Jeremiah 39:14

  they sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard and gave him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, to take him out to the house; and he stayed among the people.

• Jeremiah 40:5

  And as he had not yet turned back, he said, “Go back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and live with him among the people; or wherever it is right in your eyes to go, go.” And the chief of the guard gave him provisions and a gift, and let him go.

• Jeremiah 40:9

  And Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Do not fear to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.

• Jeremiah 40:11

  Likewise, all the Jews who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom and who were in all the lands, heard that the king of Babylon had given a remnant to Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.

• Jeremiah 41:2

  Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and they struck Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan with the sword and put him to death, whom the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.

• Jeremiah 43:6

  the men and the women and the little ones and the daughters of the king, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

• Ezekiel 8:11

  And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst, were standing before them, and each with his censer in his hand; and the dense smoke of the cloud of the incense was rising.

And 6 more times.