Bible Names

Zarephath: meaning of the name

Zarephath means “ambush of the mouth.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Zarephath in Hebrew and Greek

צָרְפַת H6886

Tsârᵉphath (tsaq-ref-ath') — Tsarephath, a place in Palestine

from H6884 (צָרַף); refinement;

Places named Zarephath

Zarephath in Scripture

“Zarephath” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Kings 17:9

    Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

  • 1 Kings 17:10

    So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

  • Obadiah 1:20

    And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.