שֻׁפִּיםShuppîym

Shuppim, an Israelite

Pronunciation: shoop-peem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8206

Meanings

1. apparently = שֻׁפִּם (1 Chronicles 7:15; 1 Chronicles 7:12)

2. door-keeper (1 Chronicles 26:16)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:12 The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim. Hushim was the son of Aher.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:15 Makir found wives for Huppim and Shuppim. Makir had a sister named Maacah. One of his descendants was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
  • 1 Chronicles 26:16 Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate and the gateway leading up to the Temple. Guard duties were divided evenly.

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).