Atroth — the meaning of the Hebrew name עַטְרוֹת שׁוֹפָן

עַטְרוֹת שׁוֹפָן

ʻAṭrôwth Shôwphân · pronounced at-roth' sho-fawn' · Strong's H5855 · a place · also spelled Shophan

Atroth means crowns of Shophan.

Built from

עֲטָרוֹת ʻĂṭârôwth (the same as, H5852) — Ataroth, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine open in the lexicon ›

שָׂפַן sâphan (the same as, H8226) — to conceal (as a valuable) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the same as H5852 and a name otherwise unused (being from the same as H8226) meaning hidden; crowns of Shophan; Atroth-Shophan, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Num 32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, (KJV)

Every verse that names Atroth

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Numbers

Num 32:35

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