Word Study · Strong's H2130 · Hebrew
זִיפִי
Ziphi
zee-fee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Zîyphîy
“a Ziphite or inhabitant of Ziph”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Ziphite or inhabitant of Ziph
Rendered in the KJV as
Ziphim, Ziphite.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַזִּפִים֙1
- זִפִים֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- the Ziphites1
- Ziphites1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- gentilic noun (a people)1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
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- HNgmpa · 1
- HTd/Ngmpa · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 23:19זִפִים֙zifimgentilic noun (a people)Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?here: Ziphites
- 1 Samuel 26:1הַזִּפִים֙hazifimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”here: the Ziphites