שָׁפָן
šāpān
rock-badger
Strong's H8227Proper NounHebrewTWOT 2446a

שָׁפָן (šāpān) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning rock-badger. It appears 34 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8227).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2446a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2446a)rock-badger, hyrax syriacus; rock-rabbit, hiding, hyrax; coney
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁפָן noun, masculine: rock-badger, hyrax syriacus

Strong's H8227 שָׁפָן: a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
KJV:coney.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2446: שׁפן špn — Root of: שָׁפָן rock-badger, hyrax syriacus

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:5Deuteronomy 14:72 Kings 22:3

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