Strong H6834צִפּוֹר
Zippor
- Transliteration
- tsippôr
- Pronunciation
- tsip-pore'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
The same as H6833; {Tsippor} a Moabite: - Zippor.
Meaning of the name
Zippor = "sparrow"
Detailed definition
A man of the Moabites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.22.2;
father of: Balak (H1111)
father of: Balak (H1111)
In the biblical story
Zippor
Father of Balak, king of Moab
Zippor was the father of Balak, the king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel (Num.22.2,4,10,16; 23.18; Jos.24.9; Jdg.11.25).
In the Bible
Strong H6834 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zippor7
First verses
- Numbers 22:2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
- Numbers 22:4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
- Numbers 22:10And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
- Numbers 22:16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
- Numbers 23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- Joshua 24:9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
- Judges 11:25And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,