Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6850: צָפַף

tsâphaph · pronounced tsaw-faf' · “to whisper”

Definition

to coo or chirp (as a bird)

KJV translates it as: chatter, peep, whisper.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) (Pilpel) to chirp, peep
1a) of birds
1b) of ghosts

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

How H6850 is translated

  • whisper ×1
  • chirping ×1
  • it will whisper ×1
  • i chirp ×1

Bible verses with H6850 (tsâphaph)

Tsâphaph appears in 4 verses.

  • Isaiah 8:19

    And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

  • Isaiah 10:14

    And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

  • Isaiah 29:4

    And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

  • Isaiah 38:14

    Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.