צָפַף
tsa.phaph
“to whisper”
Definition
to coo or chirp (as a bird)
a primitive root;
- (Pilpel) to chirp, peep 1a) of birds 1b) of ghosts
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
צָפַף appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
My hand reached as into a nestto seize the wealth of the nations.Like one gathering abandoned eggs,I gathered all the earth.No wing fluttered,no beak opened or chirped.’”
You will be brought low,you will speak from the ground,and out of the dustyour words will be muffled.Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground;your speech will whisper out of the dust.
I chirp like a swallow or crane;I moan like a dove.My eyes grow weak as I look upward.O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.