Frog
צְפַרְדֵּעַStrong’s H6854tsephardea (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:”
Meaning
- 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.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 8:3And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
- Exodus 8:4And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
- Exodus 8:5And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:6And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:7And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
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.]
- An amphibious animal of the genus Rana, with four feet, a naked body, and without a tail.
- 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.