Dictionaries :: Shaaph

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Shaaph:

shy'-af (sha‘aph):

(1) A son of Jahdai (1Ch 2:47).

(2) The son of Maachah, a concubine of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel. Shaaph is called the "father," or founder, of the city Madmannah (1Ch 2:48 f).

Nave's Topical Bible

Shaaph: 1. Son of Jahdai

1Ch 2:47

Shaaph: 2. Son of Caleb

1Ch 2:49

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shaaph:

(division).

(1.) The son of Jahdai (1 Chronicles 2:47).

(2.) The son of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, by his concubine Maachah (1 Chronicles 2:49). (B.C. after 1445)