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Shephuphan

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(serpent). A grandson of Benjamin (1 Chron. 8:5⁵And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. (1 Chronicles 8:5)). Shupham (Num. 26:39³⁹Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. (Numbers 26:39)). Shuppim (1 Chron. 7:12,15¹²Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. (1 Chronicles 7:12)
¹⁵And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. (1 Chronicles 7:15)). Muppim (Gen. 46:21²¹And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. (Genesis 46:21)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son or descendant of Benjamin (1 Chron. 8:5⁵And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. (1 Chronicles 8:5)). Supposed to be the same as SHUPHAM in Numbers 26:39³⁹Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. (Numbers 26:39) and MUPPIM in Genesis 46:21²¹And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. (Genesis 46:21).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

their sinuosity: their bareness