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Shophan
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Hidden, or hollow, a town east of Jordan (Num. 32:35), built by the children of Gad. This word should probably be joined with the word preceding it in this passage, Atroth-Shophan, as in the Revised Version.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(bareness), one of the fortified towns on the east of Jordan which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the tribe of Gad. (Numbers 32:35)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SHO'PHAN. Num 32:35. The word should probably be written in connection with the preceding Hebrew word, "Atroth Shophan" - that is, "Ataroth of the burrow" - to distinguish it from the Ataroth in Num 32:34. See Atroth.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
rabbit; hid
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SHO'PHAN. Num 32:35. The word should probably be written in connection with the preceding Hebrew word, "Atroth Shophan" - that is, "Ataroth of the burrow" - to distinguish it from the Ataroth in Num 32:34. See Atroth.