HebrewH6856Noun (Masculine)
צִפֹּ֫רֶן
tsip.po.ren
“fingernail”
2Occurrences
H6856Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
properly, a claw, i.e. (human) nail; also the point of astyle (or pen, tipped with adamant)
from H6852 (צָפַר) (in the denominative sense (from H6833 (צִפּוֹר)) of scratching);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
- fingernail, stylus point 1a) finger-nail 1b) point (of a diamond) Aramaic equivalent: te.phar (*טְפַר *"nail/claw" H2953)
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
H:N-M
Full Description
H:N-M
Occurrences
צִפֹּ֫רֶן appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Key Passages
Deuteronomy 21:12BSB
then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
Jeremiah 17:1BSB
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus,engraved with a diamond pointon the tablets of their heartsand on the horns of their altars.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.