Word Study · Strong's H6691 · Hebrew
צוֹפַר
Tsophar
tso-far'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tsôwphar
“Tsophar, a friend of Job”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tsophar, a friend of Job
Rendered in the KJV as
Zophar.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- צֹפַ֥ר2
- וְצוֹפַ֖ר1
- צֹפַר֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- Zophar3
- and Zophar1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpm · 3
- HC/Npm · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Job4 occurrences
- Job 2:11וְצוֹפַ֖רvetzofarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.here: and Zophar
- Job 11:1צֹפַ֥רtzofarproper noun (a name)Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:here: Zophar
- Job 20:1צֹפַ֥רtzofarproper noun (a name)Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:here: Zophar
- Job 42:9צֹפַר֙tzofarproper noun (a name)So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.here: Zophar