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HebrewH6886Noun

צָֽרְפַת

tsa.re.phat

3Occurrences
H6886Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Tsarephath, a place in Palestine

from H6884 (צָרַף); refinement;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Zarephath = "refinery" a city on the coast south of Sidon and the residence of Elijah during the last part of the drought; modern 'Sura-fend' Also named: Sarepta (*Σάρεπτα *"Zarephath" G4558)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

צָֽרְפַת appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
2
Obadiah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 17:9BSB

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

1 Kings 17:10BSB

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

Obadiah 1:20BSB

And the exiles of this host of the Israeliteswill possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath;and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharadwill possess the cities of the Negev.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.