Zarephath
צָֽרְפַתStrong’s H6886tsarephat (tsa-re-phat)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsarephat is the Hebrew word usually translated “zarephath towards” and “zarephath”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.”
Meaning
- Zarephath = "refinery"
How it's translated
- zarephath towards 2
- zarephath 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 2
- Obadiah 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 17:10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- Obadiah 1:20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
Hebrew dictionary
צָֽרְפַת tsarephat · Zarephath
Zarephath = "refinery" a city on the coast south of Sidon and the residence of Elijah during the last part of the drought; modern 'Sura-fend' Also named: Sarepta (Σάρεπτα "Zarephath" G4558)
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.