Shophan
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
A fortified town E. of Jordan, rebuilt by Gad ( Numbers 32:35). Rather write Atroth Shophan , i.e. "Ataroth of the burrow," to distinguish it from Ataroth in Numbers 32:34.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Sho'phan (Bareness). One of the fortified towns, on the east of Jordan, which were taken possession of, and rebuilt, by the tribe of Gad. Numbers 32:35.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]
Numbers 32:35
Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]
See Atroth
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(Heb. Shophan', ] שׁוֹפָ , prob. i.q. Shaphan ; Sept. Σοφάρ ; Samar. שפי ם ; Vulg. Sophar ) , given in the A.V. as one of the fortified towns on the east of Jordan which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the tribe of Gad ( Numbers 32:35); but probably a mere affix (significant, according to some, of Bareness ) to the second Atroth, to distinguish it from the former one, not an independent place. (See Ataroth).
