# H8227 שָׁפָן

שָׁפָן (shâphân), Strong’s H8227: a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax KJV: coney.. Occurs 34 times.

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*shâphân* — a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax

KJV: coney.

Derived from [שָׂפַן sâphan](https://besorah.bible/word/H8226) (to conceal)

Occurs 34 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שָׁפָן n.m. rock-badger, hyrax syriacus
- שָׁפָן n.pr.m
- שָׁפָן n.pr.m.
- 1 secretary under Josiah
- 2 father of אֲחִיקָם, contemp. of 1 (improb. = 1)
- 3 father of אֶלְעָשָׂה, perh. = 2.
- 4 father of גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ, perh. = 1.
- 5 father of יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ, possibly = 1.

## Where it occurs
- [Leviticus 11:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=5) — The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
- [Deuteronomy 14:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=7) — Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the…
- [2 Kings 22:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/22?v=3) — In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to…
- [2 Kings 22:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/22?v=8) — Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the scroll of the Torah in the LORD’s house.” Hilkiah…
- [2 Kings 22:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/22?v=9) — Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, “Your servants have emptied out the…
- [2 Kings 22:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/22?v=10) — Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered a book to me.” Then Shaphan read it before…
- [2 Kings 22:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/22?v=12) — The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and…
- [2 Kings 22:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/22?v=14) — So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son…
- [2 Kings 25:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=22) — As for the people who were left in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he…
- [Jeremiah 26:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/26?v=24) — But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they didn’t give him into the hand of the people…