Shephuphan — the meaning of the Hebrew name שְׁפוּפָם

שְׁפוּפָם

Shᵉphûwphâm · pronounced shef-oo-fawm' · Strong's H8197 · a man · also spelled Shupham

Shephuphan means serpent-like.

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שְׁפִיפֹן shᵉphîyphôn (the same as, H8207) — a kind of serpent (as snapping), probably the cerastes or horned adder open in the lexicon ›

or שְׁפוּפָן; from the same as H8207; serpent-like; Shephupham, an Israelite.

Num 26:39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. (KJV)

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Numbers, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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