צָרְפַת
tsarfat · Zarephath
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6886 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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tsarfat (צָרְפַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Zarephath”.
A city on the Phoenician coast, between Tyre and Sidon, outside the territory of Israel. There a widow fed Elijah (1 Kings 17:9-24; Luke 4:26). The name is related to "refine, smelt."
How to say it
tsar·fat
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- 1 Kings 17:9
“Get up, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there. Look, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”
- 1 Kings 17:10
So he got up and went to Zarephath, and came to the entrance of the city; and there a widow was gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Bring, please, me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.”
- Obadiah 1:20
And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel will possess what belongs to the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.