Tsephat צְפַ֑ת
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| צְפַ֑ת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsephat |
| Strong's number | H6857 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Zephath |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Tsephat (Hebrew צְפַ֑ת, Strong's H6857) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Zephath”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
Zephath = "watch-tower"
a Canaanite city in Simeon renamed Hormah by the Israelites
Also named: chor.mah (חׇרְמָה "Hormah" H2767)
a Canaanite city in Simeon renamed Hormah by the Israelites
Also named: chor.mah (חׇרְמָה "Hormah" H2767)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | zephath (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | zephath (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsephat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 1:17And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).