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Zephon

צְפוֹןStrong’s H6837

tsephon (tse-phon)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Tsephon is the Hebrew word usually translated “zephon”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.”
Genesis 46:16 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.16
How it's translated
  • zephon 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    צְפוֹן tsephon · Zephon

    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; Another name of tsiph.yon (צִפְיוֹן "Ziphion" H6837) § Zephon = "treasure" a son of Gad and progenitor of the family of Zephonites

    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.