סַפָּן, (denom. of סְפִינָה) sailor, captain of a freight ship. Shebi. VIII, 5, v. בַּיָּיר. Tosef. B. Mets. IX, 14, a. e.—Pl. סַפָּנִין. Sabb. XV, 1, sq. קשר הס׳, expl. ib. 111ᵇ, v. אִיסְטְרִידָא. Kidd. IV, 14 הס׳ רובן וכ׳ sailors are mostly pious men. Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵇ bot. איכריו וסַפָּנָיו וכ׳ (not איבריו) his farm-hands, and the sailors and camel drivers in his employment.