SHAPHIR

sha'-fer (shaphir, "glittering"; kalos; the King James Version Saphir): One of a group of towns mentioned in Micah 1:10-15. From the association with Gath, Achzib (of Judah) and Mareshah, it would seem that the places mentioned were in Southwestern Palestine. According to Eusebius, in Onomasticon, there was a Sapheir, "in the hill country" (from a confusion with Shamir (Joshua 15:48), where Septuagint A has Sapheir) between Eleutheropolis and Ascalon. The name probably survives in that of three villages called es-Suafir, in the plain, some 3 1/2 miles Southeast of Ashdod (PEF, II, 413, Sh XV). Cheyne (EB, col. 4282) suggests the white "glittering" hill Tell ec-Cafi, at the entrance to the Wady ec-Sunt, which was known to the Crusaders as Blanchegarde, but this site seems a more probable one for GATH (which see).

E. W. G. Masterman

8208. Shaphir -- "beauty," a place perhaps in Philistia
... 8207, 8208. Shaphir. 8209 . "beauty," a place perhaps in Philistia.
Transliteration: Shaphir Phonetic Spelling: (shaf-eer') Short Definition: Shaphir. ...
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8209. shappir -- fair, beautiful
... beautiful. Word Origin (Aramaic) from a form corresponding to Shaphir Definition
fair, beautiful NASB Word Usage beautiful (2). fair. ...
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Shaphir (1 Occurrence)
...SHAPHIR. sha'-fer (shaphir, "glittering"; kalos; the King James Version Saphir):
One of a group of towns mentioned in Micah 1:10-15. ...Shaphir (1 Occurrence). ...
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Saphir (1 Occurrence)
... Ashdod. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SAPHIR. sa'-fer (shaphir). See SHAPHIR.
Multi-Version Concordance Saphir (1 Occurrence). Micah ...
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Zaanan (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Zaanan (1 Occurrence). Micah 1:11 Pass on, inhabitant
of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out. ...
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Za'anan (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Za'anan (1 Occurrence). Micah 1:11 Pass on, inhabitant
of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out. ...
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Inhabitress (12 Occurrences)
... Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. (DBY). Micah 1:11 Pass away, inhabitress of
Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitress of Zaanan ...
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Ezel (3 Occurrences)
... himself; (YLT). Micah 1:11 Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and
shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out. The wailing ...
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Beth-e'zel (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Beth-e'zel (1 Occurrence). Micah 1:11 Pass over
for thee, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. ...
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Beth-ezel (1 Occurrence)
... Micah 1:11 Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant
of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you ...
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Standing-place (1 Occurrence)
... Micah 1:11 Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant
of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you ...
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Shapher (2 Occurrences)

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