Lexical Definition

‎צְפַנְיָה‎ Tsᵉphanyâh (tsef-an-yaw') Zephaniah ^N:N-M-P
or צְפַנְיָהוּ Tsᵉphanyâhûw (tsef-an-yaw'-hoo); from ‎צָפַן‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has secreted

Zephaniah.

• § Zephaniah = "Jehovah has treasured"
• Tsephanjah, the name of four Israelites

1) the 9th in order of the 12 minor prophets; descendant of king Hezekiah of Judah and prophet in the time of king Josiah of Judah
2) son of Maaseiah and second priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah; succeeded Jehoiada and an officer of the temple; slain at Riblah on the capture of Jerusalem
3) father of Josiah and Hen in the time of the prophet Zechariah
4) a Levite

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צְפַנְיָה(וּׅ‎ proper name, masculine Σοφονιας (‎׳‎‎י‎ hath treasured; Old Hebrew ‎צפניהו‎, Phoenician ‎צפנבעל‎); —

1. priest, ‎יָה‎- Jer 21:1; Jer 22:25; Jer 22:29; Jer 52:24 = ‎יָהוּ‎- 2Kgs 25:18 (ᵐ5^L Σαφανιας), Jer 37:3. Elsewhere ‎יָה‎-:

2. the prophet Zeph 1:1.

3. a Judaean Zech 6:10; Zech 6:14.

4. ancestor of Heman 1Chr 6:21* (Σαφανιας; = ‎אוּרִיאֵל‎ v.1Chr 6:9*).

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