ΣΑΦΑΝ, σαφαν
SAPHAN, saphan
Sounds Like: SAH-fan
Translations: Shaphan
From the root: ΣΑΦΑΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun, referring to a male personal name. It is used to identify individuals in historical and genealogical contexts, often appearing in lists of names or as part of a patronymic (e.g., 'son of Shaphan').
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Genitive
Strong’s number: G4550 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 4:55
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Joshua — 13:27
- 2 Kings — 18:37, 25:22
- 1 Chronicles — 8:16
- 2 Chronicles — 34:8, 34:15, 34:16, 34:18, 34:20
- Jeremiah — 33:24, 36:3, 43:10, 43:11, 43:12, 46:14, 47:5
- Ezekiel — 8:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΑΦΑΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΑΦΑΝʼ — Saphan
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