צַפַּחַתtsappachath

jar, jug, jar or jug, of flat or broad shape (1 Kings 17:12; 1 Samuel 26:11; 1 Samuel 26:12; 1 Samuel 26:16; 1 Kings 19:6)

Pronunciation: tsap-pakh'-ath · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6835

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 26:11 The Lord forbid that I should kill the one he has anointed! But take his spear and that jug of water beside his head, and then let’s get out of here!”
  • 1 Samuel 26:12 So David took the spear and jug of water that were near Saul’s head. Then he and Abishai got away without anyone seeing them or even waking up, because the Lord had put Saul’s men into a deep sleep.
  • 1 Samuel 26:16 This isn’t good at all! I swear by the Lord that you and your men deserve to die, because you failed to protect your master, the Lord’s anointed! Look around! Where are the king’s spear and the jug of water that were beside his head?”
  • 1 Kings 17:12 But she said, “I swear by the Lord your God that I don’t have a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die.”
  • 1 Kings 17:14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again!”
  • 1 Kings 17:16 There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).