Strong H2130זִיפִי
Ziphite
- Transliteration
- zîyphîy
- Pronunciation
- zee-fee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patrial from H2128; a Ziphite or inhabitant of Ziph: - {Ziphim} Ziphite.
Meaning of the name
Ziphites = "smelters"
Detailed definition
Group of ziph (זִיף "Ziph" H2128H)
In the biblical story
Ziph
A town in Judah where David hid from Saul
Ziph was a town in the hill country of Judah where David hid from Saul in the nearby wilderness (Jos.15:55; 1Sa.23:14-15).
In the Bible
Strong H2130 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ziphites2
First verses
- 1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
- 1 Samuel 26:1And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?