Strong H6855צִפֹּרָה

Zipporah

Transliteration: tsippôrâh
Pronunciation: tsip-po-raw'
Morphology: Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

Feminine of H6833; bird; {tsipporah} Moses´ wife: - Zipporah.

Meaning of the name

Zipporah = "bird"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.21;
daughter of: Jethro (H3503);
sister of: Eliasaph (H460) and Hobab (H2246); married to Moses (H4872);
mother of: Gershom (H1647) and Eliezer (H461H)

In the biblical story

Zipporah

Wife of Moses, daughter of Jethro

Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, was Moses' wife and the mother of his two sons, Gershom and Eliezer (Exo.2.21; 4.25; 18.2).

In the Bible

Strong H6855 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Exodus 2:21
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Exodus 4:25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
Exodus 18:2
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

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Occurrences by book

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Related words

Word family

צִפּוֹרbirdH6833