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Strong's #6846 - צְפַנְיָהוּ

Transliteration

Tsᵉphanyâh

Phonetics

tsef-an-yaw', tsef-an-yaw'-hoo

Origin

from (H6845) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Zephaniah = "Jehovah has treasured"
1. the 9th in order of the 12 minor prophets; descendant of king Hezekiah of Judah and prophet in the time of king Josiah of Judah
2. son of Maaseiah and second priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah; succeeded Jehoiada and an officer of the temple; slain at Riblah on the capture of Jerusalem
3. father of Josiah and Hen in the time of the prophet Zechariah
4. a Levite

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

BSB (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

CSB (9)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

ESV (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

KJV (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

LEB (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

LSB (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

N95 (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

NAS (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Jeremiah 5

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

צְפַנְיָה(וּׅ proper name, masculine Σοφονιας (׳י hath treasured; Old Hebrew צפניהו, Phoenician צפנבעל); —

1 priest, יָה- Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 22:25,29; Jeremiah 52:24 = יָהוּ- 2 Kings 25:18 (ᵐ5^L Σαφανιας), Jeremiah 37:3. Elsewhere יָה-:

2 the prophet Zephaniah 1:1.

3 a Judaean Zechariah 6:10,14.

4 ancestor of Heman 1 Chronicles 6:21 (Σαφανιας; = אוּרִיאֵל v. 1 Chronicles 6:9).

List of Word Forms

צְפַנְיָ֑ה צְפַנְיָ֔ה צְפַנְיָ֖ה צְפַנְיָ֖הוּ צְפַנְיָ֤ה צְפַנְיָ֤הוּ צְפַנְיָ֥ה צְפַנְיָ֧ה צְפַנְיָֽה׃ צְפַנְיָה֙ צפניה צפניה׃ צפניהו ṣə·p̄an·yā·hū ṣə·p̄an·yāh ṣəp̄anyāh ṣəp̄anyāhū tzefanYah tzefanYahu