Strong H5598סִפַּי

Sippai

Transliteration: sippay
Pronunciation: sip-pah'ee
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H5592; bason like;
{Sippai} a Philistine: - Sippai. Compare H5593 .

Meaning of the name

Sippai = "threshold"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.18;
son of: Rapha (H7497A);
brother of: Goliath (H1555), Ishbi-benob (H3430), Lahmi (H3902), huge_man (H4060A); also called Sippai at 1Ch.20.4;
Another name of saph (סַף "Saph" H5593)

In the biblical story

Saph

Philistine giant killed by Sibbechai the Hushathite

Saph (or Sippai) was a Philistine giant who was killed by Sibbechai the Hushathite during a battle with the Philistines.

In the Bible

Strong H5598 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

sippai1

First verses

1 Chronicles 20:4
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

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Occurrences by book

1 Chronicles1

Related words

Word family

Same identity

סַףSaphH5593