צְפַנְיָהTsᵉphanyâh
proper name, masculine: hath treasured
Pronunciation: tsef-an-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6846
Meanings
1. priest (Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 22:25; Jeremiah 22:29)
2. the prophet (Zephaniah 1:1)
3. a Judaean (Zechariah 6:10; Zechariah 6:14)
4. ancestor of Heman (1 Chronicles 6:21; 1 Chronicles 6:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 25:18 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.
- 1 Chronicles 6:36 Elkanah, Joel, Azariah, Zephaniah,
- Jeremiah 21:1 The Lord spoke through Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, to speak with him. They begged Jeremiah,
- Jeremiah 29:25 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: You wrote a letter on your own authority to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, and you sent copies to the other priests and people in Jerusalem. You wrote to Zephaniah,
- Jeremiah 29:29 But when Zephaniah the priest received Shemaiah’s letter, he took it to Jeremiah and read it to him.
- Jeremiah 37:3 Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to ask Jeremiah, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.”
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).