- Original: שׁפּים - Transliteration: Shuppiym - Phonetic: shoop-peem' - Definition: Shuppim = serpents 1. son of Iri or Ir, grandson of Bela, and great grandson of Benjamin 2. a merarite Levite, son of Hosah, and in charge of the West Gate of the temple in the time of David - Origin: pl. of an unused noun from the same as H8207 and meaning the same - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: Plural of an unused noun from the same as H8207 and meaning the same; serpents; Shuppim an Israelite: - Shuppim. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • Shuppim, 3 1 Chronicles 7:12; 1 Chronicles 7:15; 1 Chronicles 26:16