The meaning of “שֻׁפִּים”
Understanding Shuppîym reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
plural of an unused noun from the same as שְׁפִיפֹן and meaning the same; serpents Shuppim. - § Shuppim = "serpents" - S...
שֻׁפִּים
plural of an unused noun from the same as שְׁפִיפֹן and meaning the same; serpents Shuppim. - § Shuppim = "serpents" - Shuppim, an Israelite 1) son of Iri or Ir, grandson of Bela, and great grandson of Benjamin 2) a Merarite Levite, son of Hosah, and in charge of the West Gate of the temple in the time of David
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Chronicles 7:12 | “Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.” Word: שֻׁפִּים (Shuppîym) | |
| 1 Chronicles 7:15 | “And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.” Word: שֻׁפִּים (Shuppîym) | |
| 1 Chronicles 26:16 | “To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.” Word: שֻׁפִּים (Shuppîym) |