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Form 1

Part of speech: np

Related names: יהוה

Related lemmas: צפן

Sense 1: Zephaniah

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ◄ son of Tahath; tribe of Levi; ► ancestor of Heman

CH1 6:21: RV CH1 6:36 · LV CH1 6:21 · Read together CH1 6:36

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OET-RV CH1 6:36

• 36 Amasay was Elkanah’s son.
• Elkanah was Yoel’s (Joel) son.
• Yoel was Azaryah’s son.
• Azaryah was Tsefanyah’s (Zephaniah) son.

OET-LV CH1 6:21

21  The _son _of ʼElqānāh the _son _of Yō^ʼēl/(Joel) the _son _of ˊAzar^yāh the _son _of Tsəfan^yāh/(Zephaniah).

Sense 2: Zephaniah

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ◄ son of Maaseiah; tribe of Levi; ► priest; emissary to Jeremiah from King Zedekiah; taken captive to Babylon and put to death

KI2 25:18: RV KI2 25:18 · LV KI2 25:18 · Read together KI2 25:18

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OET-RV KI2 25:18

18 Nevuzar -Adan exiled to Bavel (Babylon) the high priest Serayah, the second priest Tsefanyah (Zephaniah), and the three temple entrance guards.

OET-LV KI2 25:18

18 And_ the_chief _of the_bodyguards _he/it _took DOM Sərā^yāh the _priest _of the _head and_DOM Tsəfan^yāh/(Zephaniah) a _priest _of second _rank and_DOM the _three _of the _keepers _of the _threshold.

JER 21:1: RV JER 21:1 · LV JER 21:1 · Read together JER 21:1

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OET-RV JER 21:1

21 Then Yahweh gave Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) a message when King Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah) sent Malkiyah’s son Pashhur and Ma’aseyah’s son Tsefanyah (Zephaniah) the priest to him, and they said,

OET-LV JER 21:1

21 The_message which it _came to Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) from_with YHWH when_sent to_him/it the_king Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) DOM Pashḩūr the _son _of Malkīy^yāh and_DOM Tsəfan^yāh/(Zephaniah) the _son _of Maˊₐsē^yāh the_priest/officer to_say.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

KI2: RV KI2 25:18 · LV KI2 25:18 · Read together KI2 25:18

JER: RV JER 21:1 · RV JER 29:25 · RV JER 29:29 · RV JER 37:3 · RV JER 52:24 · LV JER 21:1 · LV JER 29:25 · LV JER 29:29 · LV JER 37:3 · LV JER 52:24 · Read together JER 21:1 · Read together JER 29:25 · Read together JER 29:29 · Read together JER 37:3 · Read together JER 52:24

Sense 3: Zephaniah

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ◄ son of Cushi; descendant of King Hezekiah; ► prophet

ZEP 1:1: RV ZEP 1:1 · LV ZEP 1:1 · Read together ZEP 1:1

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OET-RV ZEP 1:1

1 The message from Yahweh which came to Tsefanyah (Zephaniah) (son of Kush (Ethiopia), son of Gedalyah, son of Amaryah, son of Hizkiyah (Hezekiah)) in the time of Amon’s son, King Yoshiyah (Josiah) of Yehudah (Judah)

OET-LV ZEP 1:1

1 The _message _of YHWH which it _came to Tsəfan^yāh the _son _of Kūshiy/(Cushi) the _son _of Gədal^yāh the _son _of ʼAmar^yāh the _son _of Ḩizqiy^yāh in_the _days _of Yoʼshiy^yāh/(Josiah) the _son _of ʼĀmōn the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah).

Sense 4: Zephaniah

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ► father of Josiah; after exile

ZEC 6:10: RV ZEC 6:10 · LV ZEC 6:10 · Read together ZEC 6:10

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OET-RV ZEC 6:10

10 “Take the offering from the exiles that Helday, Toviyah, and Yedayah are bringing, and go this same day and take it into Yoshiyah’s (Josiah) house (Tsefanyah’s (Zephaniah) son, who has come from Bavel (Babylon)).

OET-LV ZEC 6:10

10 Take from_with the_exile[s] from_Ḩelday and_from_with Ţōⱱiy^yāh and_from_with Yədaˊ^yāh/(Jedaiah) and_ you _you _will _go in _the_day (the)_that and_you _will _go the _house _of Yoʼshiy^yāh/(Josiah) the _son _of Tsəfan^yāh/(Zephaniah) who they _have _come from_Bāⱱel.

ZEC 6:14: RV ZEC 6:14 · LV ZEC 6:14 · Read together ZEC 6:14

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OET-RV ZEC 6:14

14 Then the crown will be given to Helday, to Toviyah, to Yedayah, and to Tsefanyah’s son Hen as a memorial in Yahweh’s temple.

OET-LV ZEC 6:14

14 And_the_crown(s) it _will _be to_Helem and_to_Ţōⱱiy^yāh and_to_Yədaˊ^yāh and_to_Ḩēn the _son _of Tsəfan^yāh to_a _memorial in_(the)_palace of_YHWH.

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צְפַנְיָה

Form 1

Sense 1: Zephaniah

Sense 2: Zephaniah

Sense 3: Zephaniah

Sense 4: Zephaniah