Bible Dictionary

Shapher

Places & Geography • Old Testament

Shapher was a wilderness station where Israel encamped during its journeys from Egypt toward the Promised Land.

Definition

Shapher, meaning “brightness,” was a wilderness station, also described as a mount, where the Israelites encamped during their journey from Egypt.

Shapher is named among Israel’s wilderness stations during the journeys recorded in Numbers.

Numbers 33:23 Numbers 33:24

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Brightness, one of the stations where Israel encamped in the wilderness (Num. 33:23, 24).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(brightness), Mount, (Numbers 33:23) the name of a desert station where the Israelites encamped during the wanderings in the wilderness.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)

<p>sha'-fer.</p><p>See SHEPHER.</p>