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Frog

צְפַרְדֵּעַStrong’s H6854

tsephardea (tse-phar-de-a)

Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Tsephardea is the Hebrew word usually translated “frogs” and “frog”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

“And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:”
Exodus 8:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Frogs
How it's translated
  • the frogs 8
  • frogs 2
  • with frogs 1
  • the frog 1
  • and frog 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 11
  • Psalms 2

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

צְפַרְדֵּעַ tsephardea · frog

frogs

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “frog” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FROG, noun

[Latin rana, from the root of rend, from its broken shape, or from leaping, or its fragor or hoarse voice.]

  1. An amphibious animal of the genus Rana, with four feet, a naked body, and without a tail.
  2. In farriery. [See Frush.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.