Shaphat

Judge.

(1.) One of the spies. He represented the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 13:5).

(2.) The father of Elisha (1 Kings 19:16-19).

(3.) One of David's chief herdsmen (1 Chronicles 27:29).

shā´fat (שׁפיט, shāphāt):

(1) The Simeonite spy (Num_13:5, Σαφάτ, Saphát).

(2) The father of the prophet Elisha (1Ki_19:16; 2Ki_3:11, Septuagint Sapháth).

(3) A name in the royal genealogy of Judah (1Ch_3:22).

(4) A Gadite (1Ch_5:12).

(5) One of David's herdsmen (1Ch_27:29).