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H6855 צִפֹּרָה (Tsippôrâh) tsip-po-raw'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine)
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Zipporah

Biblical Persons & Places

Zipporah Woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.21; only referred to as Zipporah (צִפֹּרָה); daughter of Jethro; a sister of Hobab; wife of Moses; mother of Gershom and Eliezer.

Strong's Definition

Tsipporah, Moses' wife

Derivation: feminine of H6833 (צִפּוֹר); bird;

KJV Usage: Zipporah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Zipporah = "bird"
1) daughter of Reuel or Jethro, wife of Moses, and mother of Gershom and Eliezer

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צִפֹּרָה (tsip.po.rah) — Zipporah. A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.21; daughter of: Jethro (H3503); sister of: Eliasaph (H0460) and Hobab (H2246); married to Moses (H4872); mother of: Gershom (H1647) and Eliezer (H0461H) § Zipporah = "bird" daughter of Reuel or Jethro, wife of Moses, and mother of Gershom and Eliezer

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Names of People

Zipporah = woman; ► daughter of Jethro, priest of Midian; wife of Moses; mother of Gershom and Eliezer

EXO 2:21 · EXO 4:25 · EXO 18:2

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צִפֹּרָה n.pr.f. wife of Moses (bird) base

Bible Occurrences (3)

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