HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5855
עַטְרוֹת שׁוֹפָן
at.rot sho.phan — Atroth-shophan
§ Atroth-shophan = "crowns of their rapine" a town in the territory of Gad
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Shophan
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
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.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.