שָׁפָן noun masculine^{Leviticus 11:5} rock-badger, hyrax syriacus, AV RV coney; — absolute ׳שׁ Deuteronomy 14:7 = Leviticus 11:5 (P; unclean animal); living in rocks, plural שְׁפַנִּים Psalm 104:18; Proverbs 30:26. — See Rob^{BR iii. 66, 387} Tr^{NHB 75; FFP 1, and Plural 1} Post^{Hast. DB CONEY} McLean-Shipley^{Ency. Bib. ID}.

II. שָׁפָן

proper name, masculine Saf(f)an:

1 secretary (הַסִּפֵר) under Josiah 2 Kings 22:3,8 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 22:9,10 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 22:12,14; 2Chronicles 34:8,15 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 34:16,18 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 34:20.

2 father of אֲחִיקָם, contemporary of 1 (improbable = 1): 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 26:24; Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 40:5,9,11; Jeremiah 41:2; Jeremiah 43:6; 2Chronicles 34:20.

3 father of אֶלְעָשָׂה Jeremiah 29:3, perhaps = 2

4 father of גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ Jeremiah 36:10 (called הַסִּפֵר), Jeremiah 36:11; Jeremiah 36:12, perhaps = 1

5 father of יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ Ezekiel 8:11, possibly = 1

שׁוֺפָן see עֲטָרוֺת above