Senses
1. Shaphan (personal name) — Proper noun שָׁפָן (Shaphan): primarily the scribe/secretary who served under King Josiah and read the discovered Book of the Law (2 Kgs 22:3-14; 2 Chr 34:8-20), also the father of Ahikam, Elasah, and Gemariah (Jer 26:24; 29:3; 36:10-12). S143553 covers bare and conjunctive occurrences of the name (29x), while S143554 is a single conjunctive use 'and Shaphan'. All translations preserve the same anthroponym: eng Shaphan, spa Shafan/Safán, hin शापान/शाफ़ान, arb شَافَان, kor 샤반/사반, swa Shafani. No semantic distinction exists. 30×
AR["شَافَانَ","شَافَانُ"]·ben["শাফন","শাফন-এর","শাফনকে","শাফনের","শাফনের।"]·DE["Schafan","Shaphan","[שפן]"]·EN["Shaphan"]·FR["Schaphan"]·heb["שפן"]·HI["शापान","शाफ़ान","शाफ़ान-को","शाफ़ान-ने","शाफ़ान-से","शाफान","शाफान-के","शाफानने"]·ID["Safan"]·IT["Safan","Shafan"]·jav["Safan"]·KO["사반","사반에게","사반을","사반의","사반이","샤반","샤반을","샤반의","샤반이","샤팜의"]·PT["Shafan","Shaphan"]·RU["Шафан","Шафана","Шафану"]·ES["Safán","Shafan","Shafán"]·SW["Shafani","shapan"]·TR["Şafan","Şafan'a","Şafan'ı","Şafan'ın"]·urd["سافن","ساقان-کے","سفن-کا","شافان","شافان-نے","شافان-کا","شافن","شافن-نے","شافن-کے"]
2 Kgs 22:3, 2 Kgs 22:8, 2 Kgs 22:8, 2 Kgs 22:9, 2 Kgs 22:10, 2 Kgs 22:10, 2 Kgs 22:12, 2 Kgs 22:12, 2 Kgs 22:14, 2 Kgs 25:22, 2 Chr 34:8, 2 Chr 34:15 (+18 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. שָׁפָן n.pr.m. Σαφ(φ)αν: 1. secretary (הַסֹּפֵר) under Josiah 2 K 22:3, 8(×2), 9, 10(×2), 12, 14; 2 Ch 34:8, 15(×2), 16, 18(×2), 20. 2. father of אֲחִיקָם, contemp. of 1 (improb. = 1): 2 K 22:12; 25:22; Je 26:24; 39:14; 40:5, 9, 11; 41:2; 43:6; 2 Ch 34:20. 3. father of אֶלְעָשָׂה Je 29:3, perhaps = 2. 4. father of גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ 36:10 (called הַסֹּפֵר), v 11, 12, perhaps = 1. 5. father of יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ Ez 8:11, possibly = 1.