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Shephupham; Shephuphan

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shḗ - fū´fam or shḗ - fū´fan ( שׁפוּפם , shephūphām ; Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Σωφάν , Sōphán ; Lucian, Σοφάν , Sophán ( Numbers 26:39 (43)); or Shephuphan , שׁפוּפן , shephūphān ; Codex Vaticanus Σωφαρφάκ , Sōpharphák , Codex Alexandrinus Σωφάν , Sōphán , Lucian, Σεπφάμ , Sepphám (1 Chronicles 8:5 ), "a kind of serpent," Gray, HPN , 95): Eponym of a Benjamite family. The name occurs in Genesis 46:21 as "Muppim" and in 1 Chronicles 7:12 , 1 Chronicles 7:15; 1 Chronicles 26:16 as "Shuppim." It is almost impossible to arrive at the original form; the gentilic "Shuphamites" appears in Numbers 26:39 (43).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Shephupham; Shephuphan'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/s/shephupham-shephuphan.html. 1915.

Bible Encyclopedias Shephupham; Shephuphan

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Bible Encyclopedias
Shephupham; Shephuphan