Strong H6831צְפוֹנִי
Zephonite
- Transliteration
- tsephônîy
- Pronunciation
- tsef-o-nee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patronymic from H6827; a {Tsephonite} or (collectively) a descendant of Tsephon: - Zephonites.
Detailed definition
Someone descended from Zephon who was a man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.16;
son of: Gad (H1410);
brother of: Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H720) and Areli (H692); also called Zephon at Num.26.15;
Group of tsiph.yon (צִפְיוֹן "Ziphion" H6837)
son of: Gad (H1410);
brother of: Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H720) and Areli (H692); also called Zephon at Num.26.15;
Group of tsiph.yon (צִפְיוֹן "Ziphion" H6837)
In the biblical story
Ziphion
Son of Gad, progenitor of the Zephonites
Ziphion (or Zephon), a son of Gad, was the ancestor of the Zephonite clan (Gen.46.16; Num.26.15,15).
In the Bible
Strong H6831 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zephonites1
First verses
- Numbers 26:15The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: