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Proverbs 30:26
“The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁפָןshâphân · shaw-fawn'
H8227 · Hebrew
H8227 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
- Derivation
- from H8226 (שָׂפַן);
- KJV renderings
- coney.
- Grammar
- שְׁ֭פַנִּים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 34 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 11:5Deuteronomy 14:72 Kings 22:32 Kings 22:82 Kings 22:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁפָן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.