Lexical Summary Tsephanyah or Tsephanyahu: "Yah has treasured", four Israelites Original Word: צְפַנְיָהTransliteration: Tsephanyah or Tsephanyahu Phonetic Spelling: (tsef-an-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "Yah has treasured", four Israelites Meaning: Zephaniah -- "Yah has treasured", four Israelites Strong's Concordance Zephaniah Or Tsphanyahuw {tsef-an-yaw'-hoo}; from tsaphan and Yahh; Jah has secreted; Tsephanjah, the name of four Israelites -- Zephaniah. see HEBREW tsaphan see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H6846. Tsephanyah or Tsephanyahu צְפַנְיָה(וּׅ proper name, masculine Σοφονιας (׳י hath treasured; Old Hebrew צפניהו, Phoenician צפנבעל); — 1 priest, יָה- Jeremiah 21:1; 22:25, 29; 52:24 = יָהוּ- 2 Kings 25:18 (ᵐ5L 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.6:9). |
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