Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H6846
צְפַנְיָה
Tsephanyahtsef-an-yaw'
Zephaniah
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Tsᵉphanyâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6846is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6846
Tsephanjah, the name of four Israelites
The King James renders it: Zephaniah.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Tsephanyah is rendered "Zephaniah". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Kings 25:18The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
2 Kings 25:18צְפַנְיָ֖הוּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's ten uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Zephaniah10
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| צְפַרְדֵּעַ | tsephardea | frog | Uses13 |
| צְפַר | tsephar | bird | Uses4 |
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- צְפַנְיָ֧ה1
- צְפַנְיָ֤ה1
- צְפַנְיָ֥ה1
- צְפַנְיָ֖ה1
- צְפַנְיָה֙1
- צְפַנְיָ֔ה1
- צְפַנְיָ֑ה1
- צְפַנְיָֽה׃1
- צְפַנְיָ֖הוּ1
- צְפַנְיָ֤הוּ1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)10HNpm
2 Kings
one use
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- צְפַנְיָ֖הוּtzefanyahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
1 Chronicles
one use
the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
- צְפַנְיָֽה׃tzefanyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
Jeremiah
five uses
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,
- צְפַנְיָ֧הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
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:
- צְפַנְיָ֤הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
(Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)
- צְפַנְיָ֥הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
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!”
- צְפַנְיָ֤הוּtzefanyahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- צְפַנְיָ֖הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
Zephaniah
one use
This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
- צְפַנְיָה֙tzefanyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
Zechariah
two uses
“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.
- צְפַנְיָ֔הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.
- צְפַנְיָ֑הtzefanyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Zephaniah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.