Zippor
צִפּוֹרStrong’s H6834tsippor (tsip-por)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsippor is the Hebrew word usually translated “zippor”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.”
Meaning
- A man of the Moabites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.22.2
How it's translated
- zippor 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 5
- Joshua 1
- Judges 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 22:4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
- Numbers 22:10And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
- Numbers 22:16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
- Numbers 23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- Joshua 24:9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
- Judges 11:25And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
Hebrew dictionary
צִפּוֹר tsippor · Zippor
A man of the Moabites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.22.2; father of: Balak (H1111) § Zippor = "sparrow" father of Balak the king of Moab at the time of the exodus
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.