BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8204
shiph.tan — Shiphtan
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.34.24; father of: Kemuel (H7055H) § Shiphtan = "judicial" an Ephraimite, father of Kemuel, the leader of the tribe selected to divide the promised land between the tribes
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7055
qe.mu.el — Kemuel
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.21; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); father of: Aram (H0758H) § Kemuel = "raised of God" 1) son of Nahor by Milcah and father of Aram 2) son of Shiphtan, prince of the tribe of Ephraim, and one of the 12 men selected to apportion the promised land between the tribes 3) Levite, father of Hashabiah, prince of the tribe in the time of David
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Judicial, an Ephraimite prince at the time of the division of Canaan (Num. 34:24).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
