צִפֹּרֶןtsippôren
stylus-point, nail (of finger)
Pronunciation: tsip-po'-ren · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6856
Meanings
1. finger-nail (Deuteronomy 21:12)
2. with a point of diamond (Jeremiah 17:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 21:12 If this happens, you may take her to your home, where she must shave her head, cut her nails,
- Jeremiah 17:1 “The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron chisel— engraved with a diamond point on their stony hearts and on the corners of their altars.
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).