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.
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).