צְפַנְיָה
Tsᵉphanyâh · tsef-an-yaw'
Tsephanjah, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or צְפַנְיָהוּ; from H6845 (צָפַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has secreted;
Tsephanjah, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zephaniah.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to speak, the word › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To pursue the straight path that works to speak, the word of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צְפַנְיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and zephaniah5 · 50%
- of zephaniah3 · 30%
- and to zephaniah1 · 10%
- which came unto zephaniah1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.