Word Study · Strong's H6854 · Hebrew
צְפַרְדֵּעַ
tsephardea
tsef-ar-day'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsᵉphardêaʻ
“a marsh-leaper, i.e. frog”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a marsh-leaper, i.e. frog
Rendered in the KJV as
frog.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים3
- הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים2
- בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃1
- הַצְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ1
- הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗ים1
- הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים1
- הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃1
- וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ1
- צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים1
- צְפַרְדְּעִים֒1
How it is rendered · 5
- the frogs8
- frogs2
- and frog[s]1
- the frog[s]1
- with the frogs1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural8
- noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmpa · 8
- HNcmpa · 2
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HRd/Ncmpa · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus11 occurrences
- Exodus 8:2בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃batzfardeimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralBut if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.here: with the frogs
- Exodus 8:3צְפַרְדְּעִים֒tzefardeimnoun · masculine pluralThe Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.here: frogs
- Exodus 8:4הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃hatzfardeimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”here: the frogs
- Exodus 8:5הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖יםhatzfardeimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”here: the frogs
- Exodus 8:6הַצְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַhatzefardea'the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.here: the frog[s]
- Exodus 8:7הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖יםhatzfardeimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralBut the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.here: the frogs
- Exodus 8:8הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔יםhatzfardeimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralPharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”here: the frogs
- Exodus 8:9הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔יםhatzafardeimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralMoses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”here: the frogs
- Exodus 8:11הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗יםhatzfardeimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”here: the frogs
- Exodus 8:12הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖יםhatzfardeimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAfter Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.here: the frogs
- Exodus 8:13הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔יםhatzfardeimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.here: the frogs
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 78:45וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַutzefardea'conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularHe sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.here: and frog[s]
- Psalms 105:30צְפַרְדְּעִ֑יםtzefardeimnoun · masculine pluralTheir land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.here: frogs