Word Study · Strong's H6835 · Hebrew
צַפַּחַת
tsappachath
tsap-pakh'-ath
“a saucer (as flat)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a saucer (as flat)
Rendered in the KJV as
cruse.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְצַפַּ֥חַת2
- צַפַּ֥חַת2
- בַּצַּפָּ֑חַת1
- וְצַפַּ֣חַת1
- צַפַּ֤חַת1
How it is rendered · 4
- [the] jug of3
- and [the] jug of2
- and a jug of1
- in the jug1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfsc · 3
- HNcfsc · 3
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 26:11צַפַּ֥חַתtzapachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”here: [the] jug of
- 1 Samuel 26:12צַפַּ֤חַתtzapachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.here: [the] jug of
- 1 Samuel 26:16צַפַּ֥חַתtzapachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”here: [the] jug of
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 17:12בַּצַּפָּ֑חַתbatzapachatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularBut she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”here: in the jug
- 1 Kings 17:14וְצַפַּ֥חַתvetzapachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”here: and [the] jug of
- 1 Kings 17:16וְצַפַּ֥חַתvetzapachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.here: and [the] jug of
- 1 Kings 19:6וְצַפַּ֣חַתvetzapachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.here: and a jug of