8227 - shaphan

Strong's Concordance

Original word: שָׁפָן
Transliteration: shaphan
Definition (short): coney
Definition (full): a species of rockrabbit, the hyrax

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From saphan; a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. Probably the hyrax -- coney.

see HEBREW saphan

KJV: And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
NASB: 'Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;
KJV: Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
NASB: "Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these among those which chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel and the rabbit and the shaphan, for though they chew the cud, they do not divide the hoof; they are unclean for you.
KJV: And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
NASB: Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the LORD saying,
KJV: And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
NASB: Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it.