Strong G4558Σάρεπτα

Zarephath

Transliteration
Sarepta
Pronunciation
sar'-ep-tah
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Of Hebrew origin [H6886];
Sarepta (that is Tsarephath) a place in Palestine: - Sarepta.

Meaning of the name

Zarephath, [possibly] "smelting place; place of pigmenting, staining"

Detailed definition

Σάρεπτα, -ων (Ob 20), τά (Heb. צָרְפַת),
Sarepta, a city of Sidon: Luk.4:26.†
(AS)

In the biblical story

Zarephath

A Phoenician city where Elijah stayed with a widow

Zarephath, a Phoenician city between Tyre and Sidon, where Elijah stayed with a widow during a famine and performed miracles (1 Kgs. 17:9-10; Obad. 1:20; Luke 4:26).

In the Bible

Strong G4558 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sarepta1

First verses

  1. Luke 4:26
    But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
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