שְׁפַטְיָהShᵉphaṭyâh

proper name, masculine: judged, vindicated

Pronunciation: shef-at-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8203

Meanings

1.

a. fifth son of David (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3)

b. contemporary of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 38:1)

c. man of Judah (Nehemiah 11:4)

d. chiefs of families of restoration (Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9; Ezra 8:8)

e. Benjamite (1 Chronicles 9:8)

2.

a. son of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 21:2)

b. hero of David (1 Chronicles 12:5)

c. Simeonite (1 Chronicles 27:16)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 3:4 The fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
  • 1 Chronicles 3:3 The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital. The sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David’s wife.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:8 Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Micri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph;
  • 1 Chronicles 27:16 The following were the tribes of Israel and their leaders:TribeLeaderReuben Eliezer son of ZicriSimeon Shephatiah son of Maacah
  • 2 Chronicles 21:2 Jehoram’s brothers—the other sons of Jehoshaphat—were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).