שְׁפַטְיָהוּ
Shephatiah
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H8203 appears in the Book of 2 Samuel — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
2 Samuel
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, שפטיה (Shᵉphaṭyâh) means “Shephatiah.” First canonically at 2 Samuel 3:4, it enters the text early. It appears 13 verses across 6 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its uncommon vocabulary. The word gravitates to 1 Chronicles (31%), then Ezra and Nehemiah. Dig into 13-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8203 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 13
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 13 distinct verses.
- 6 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 6 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #2,001
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 2,001 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 13 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 4 verses 31%
- Ezra 3 verses 23%
- Nehemiah 3 verses 23%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 13 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 11 verses · 85%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 2 verses · 15%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Shephatiah 12×
- American Standard Version: Shephatiah 12×
- Berean Standard Bible: Shephatiah 11×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Shephatiah 11×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8203 across 13 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8203 across 13 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8203 across 13 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8203 across 12 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
10 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 10 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. -יָה:
- a. fifth son of David 2 S 3:4 = 1 Ch 3:3 (Σαβατεια, A Σαφαθια, 𝔊L Σαφατιας). e.g. 2 Samuel 3:4
- b. contemp. of Jerem. Je 38:1 (B Σαφανιας) e.g. Jeremiah 38:1
- c. man of Judah Ne 11:4. e.g. Nehemiah 11:4
- d. chiefs of families of restoration: (1) Ezr 2:4 = Ne 7:9; Ezr 8:8; (2) 2:57 = Ne 7:59. e.g. Ezra 2:4
- e. Benjamite 1 Ch 9:8. e.g. 1 Chronicles 9:8
- 2. -יָהוּ:
- a. son of Jehosh. 2 Ch 21:2. e.g. 2 Chronicles 21:2
- b. hero of David 1 Ch 12:5. e.g. 1 Chronicles 12:5
- c. Simeonite 27:16. e.g. 1 Chronicles 27:16
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. (י׳ hath judged, vindicated);—usually Σαφατια(ς):
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שפט (shâphaṭ) (H8199) — to judge.
Forms in the corpus
The 7 distinct written forms H8203 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 2:4 | 4 |
| שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 2:57 | 3 |
| שְׁפַטְיָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 3:4 | 2 |
| וּ/שְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 21:2 | 1 |
| וּ/שְׁפַטְיָ֖הוּ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 12:5 | 1 |
| שְׁפַטְיָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 3:3 | 1 |
| שְׁפַטְיָ֖הוּ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 27:16 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8203, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- משפט mishpâṭ H4941 judgment
- שפוט shᵉphôwṭ H8196 judgment
- שפט shᵉphaṭ H8200 to judge
- שפט shepheṭ H8201 judgment
- תפתי tiphtay H8614 magistrate
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Shephatiah). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Judged of the Lord. (1.) A son of David by Abital (2 Sam. 3:4).
(2.) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:5).
(3.) A Simeonite prince in David's time (1 Chr. 27:16).
(4.) One of Jehoshaphat's sons (2 Chr. 21:2).
(5.) Ezra 2:4.
(6.) Ezra 2:57; Neh. 7:59.
(7.) One of the princes who urged the putting of Jeremiah to death (Jer. 38:1-4).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(judged by Jehovah).
+ The fifth son of David. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3) (B.C. about 1050.) + The family of Shephatiah, 372 in number, returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9) see also Ezra 8:8 (B.C. 536.) + The family of another Shephatiah, who came up with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:4) + A descendant of Judah. (Nehemiah 11:4) + One of the princes of Judah who counselled Zedekiah to put Jeremiah in the dungeon. (Jeremiah 38:1) (B.C. 589.) + One of the Benjamite warriors who joined David in his retreat at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5) (B.C. 1054.) + Chief of the Simeonites in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 37:16) + Son of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 21:2) (B.C. 887.)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
the Lord that judges
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 10 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 13 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
