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Shuppim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(serpents). (1) Great-grandson of Benjamin (1 Chron. 7:12¹²Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. (1 Chronicles 7:12)). Shupham, (Num. 26:39³⁹Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. (Numbers 26:39)). (2) A Levite gatekeeper (1 Chron. 26:16¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. (1 Chronicles 26:16)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Son of Ir, a Benjamite (1 Chron. 7:12,15¹²Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. (1 Chronicles 7:12)
¹⁵And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. (1 Chronicles 7:15)). Identified with SHUPHAM in 1 Chronicles 7:12¹²Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. (1 Chronicles 7:12) margin.

2. A Levite and one of the gatekeepers (1 Chron. 26:16¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. (1 Chronicles 26:16)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8206 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Shuppiym

Phonic:

shoop-peem’

Meaning:

plural of an unused noun from the same as 8207 and meaning the same; serpents; Shuppim, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Shuppim

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

bared ones: serpents

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Attritions; serpents:―great-grandson of Benjamin [SHUPHAM, SHEPHUPHAN, and MUPPIM], 1 Chron. 7:12. {Attritiones}