שָׁפָן
shâphân · shaw-fawn'
a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8226 (שָׂפַן);
a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: coney.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁפָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of shaphan15 · 44%
- and shaphan8 · 24%
- to shaphan3 · 9%
- and the coney2 · 6%
- shaphan2 · 6%
- unto shaphan1 · 3%
- then shaphan1 · 3%
- for the conies1 · 3%
- the conies1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.