SHAAPH.1. The son of Jahdai (1Ch_2:47). 2. A son of Caleb by his concubine Maacah (1Ch_2:49).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_2:47.
2. Caleb's son by his concubine Maachah; father, i.e. founder, of Madmannah (1Ch_2:49).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Sha'aph. (division).
1. The son of Jahdai. 1Ch_2:47.
2. The son of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, by his concubine Maachah. 1Ch_2:49. (B.C. after 1445).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
shā?af (שׁעף, 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).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. id. שִׁעִ; Gesenius division, but Furst union; Sept. Σαγάφ, v.r. Σαγαέ, Σέφ, Σαάφ), the name of two men.
1. Last named of six sons of Jahdai, of the tribe of Judah (1Ch_2:47). B.C. prob. post 1612.
2. Third named of four sons of Maachah, concubine of Caleb, of the tribe of Judah; he was the fathers (i.e. founder) of Madmannah (1Ch_2:49). B.C. post 1612.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.