Word Study · Strong's H6846 · Hebrew
צְפַנְיָה
Tsephanyah
tsef-an-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tsᵉphanyâh
“Tsephanjah, the name of four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tsephanjah, the name of four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Zephaniah.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- צְפַנְיָ֧ה1
- צְפַנְיָ֤ה1
- צְפַנְיָ֥ה1
- צְפַנְיָ֖ה1
- צְפַנְיָה֙1
- צְפַנְיָ֔ה1
- צְפַנְיָ֑ה1
- צְפַנְיָֽה׃1
- צְפַנְיָ֖הוּ1
- צְפַנְיָ֤הוּ1
How it is rendered · 1
- Zephaniah10
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)10
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- HNpm · 10
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Where this word lives
- Jeremiah5 of 10 · 50%
- Zechariah2 of 10 · 20%
- 2 Kings1 of 10 · 10%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 10 · 10%
- Zephaniah1 of 10 · 10%
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1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 21:1צְפַנְיָ֧הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,here: Zephaniah
- Jeremiah 29:25צְפַנְיָ֤הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:here: Zephaniah
- Jeremiah 29:29צְפַנְיָ֥הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)(Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)here: Zephaniah
- Jeremiah 37:3צְפַנְיָ֤הוּtzefanyahuproper noun (a name)Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”here: Zephaniah
- Jeremiah 52:24צְפַנְיָ֖הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.here: Zephaniah
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 6:10צְפַנְיָ֔הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)“Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.here: Zephaniah
- Zechariah 6:14צְפַנְיָ֑הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.here: Zephaniah