Strong H6886צָֽרְפַת
Zarephath
- Transliteration
- tsârephath
- Pronunciation
- tsaw-ref-ath'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
From H6884; refinement;
{Tsarephath} a place in Palestine: - Zarephath.
{Tsarephath} a place in Palestine: - Zarephath.
Meaning of the name
Zarephath = "refinery"
Detailed definition
Zarephath, a Phoenician city between Tyre and Sidon, where Elijah stayed with a widow during a famine and performed miracles (1 Kgs. 17:9-10; Obad. 1:20; Luke 4:26).
In the biblical story
Zarephath
A Phoenician city where Elijah stayed with a widow
Zarephath, a Phoenician city between Tyre and Sidon, where Elijah stayed with a widow during a famine and performed miracles (1 Kgs. 17:9-10; Obad. 1:20; Luke 4:26).
In the Bible
Strong H6886 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zarephath3
First verses
- 1 Kings 17:9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
- 1 Kings 17:10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- Obadiah 1:20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.