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HebrewH2203Noun (Feminine)

זֶ֫פֶת

ze.phet

2Occurrences
H2203Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)

from an unused root (meaning to liquify);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
pitch, tar, asphalt

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

זֶ֫פֶת appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

Exodus 2:3BSB

But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

Isaiah 34:9BSB

Edom’s streams will be turned to tar,and her soil to sulfur;her land will become a blazing pitch.

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