H6857: צְפַת
Tsᵉphath · pronounced tsef-ath' · “Zephath”
Definition
Tsephath, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Zephath.
Word origin: from H6822 (צָפָה); watch-tower;
Extended definition
Zephath = "watch-tower"
a Canaanite city in Simeon renamed Hormah by the Israelites
Also named: chor.mah (חׇרְמָה "Hormah" H2767)
a Canaanite city in Simeon renamed Hormah by the Israelites
Also named: chor.mah (חׇרְמָה "Hormah" H2767)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6857 is translated
- of zephath ×1
Bible verses with H6857 (Tsᵉphath)
Tsᵉphath appears in 1 verse.
- Judges 1:17
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.