Word Study · Strong's H6886 · Hebrew
צָרְפַת
Tsarephath
tsaq-ref-ath'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tsârᵉphath
“Tsarephath, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tsarephath, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Zarephath.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- צָ֣רְפַ֔ת1
- צָרְפַ֙תָה֙1
- צָרְפַ֗תָה1
How it is rendered · 2
- Zarephath towards2
- Zarephath1
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) + directional ending (“toward”)2
- proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpl/Sd · 2
- HNpl · 1
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Where this word lives
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1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 17:9צָרְפַ֙תָה֙tzarefatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”here: Zarephath towards
- 1 Kings 17:10צָרְפַ֗תָהtzarefatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”here: Zarephath towards