Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6831: צְפוֹנִי

Tsᵉphôwnîy · pronounced tsef-o-nee' · “Zephonite”

Definition

a Tsephonite, or (collectively) descendants of Tsephon

KJV translates it as: Zephonites.

Word origin: patronymically from H6827 (צְפוֹן);

Extended definition

Someone descended from Zephon who was a man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.16;
son of: Gad (H1410);
brother of: Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H0675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H0720) and Areli (H0692); also called Zephon at Num.26.15;
Group of tsiph.yon (צִפְיוֹן "Ziphion" H6837)
§ Zephonites, of Zephon "treasure"
descendants of Zephon, the son of Gad

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6831 is translated

  • zephonites ×1

Bible verses with H6831 (Tsᵉphôwnîy)

Tsᵉphôwnîy appears in 1 verse.

  • Numbers 26:15

    The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: