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Lexicon :: Strong's H2203 - zep̄eṯ

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זֶפֶת
Transliteration
zep̄eṯ
Pronunciation
zeh'-feth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to liquify)
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TWOT Reference: 572

Strong’s Definitions

זֶפֶת zepheth, zeh'-feth; from an unused root (meaning to liquify); asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun):—pitch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H2203 in the following manner: pitch (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H2203 in the following manner: pitch (3x).

  1. pitch, tar, asphalt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זֶפֶת zepheth, zeh'-feth; from an unused root (meaning to liquify); asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun):—pitch.
STRONGS H2203: Abbreviations
† זֶ֫פֶת noun feminineIsaiah 34:9 pitch (compare on formative Ol§ 164 c) Sta§ 187 a. Word is Armenian according to LagArm. Stud. 1351, BN 219; on Egyptian derivatives compare CookSpeaker's Comm. i. 484; Arabic bdb027801 according to Frä151, if Shemitic, is Aramaic loan-word; see also Ethiopic bdb027802 Di1068) — pitch: — וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת Exodus 2:3 of ark of bulrushes; Isaiah 34:9a וְנֶחֶפְכוּ נְחָלֶיהָ לְזֶפֶת וַעֲפָרָהּ לְגָפְרִ֑ית, Isaiah 34:9b והיתה אַרְצָהּ לְזֶפֶת בֹּעֵרָֽה׃.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:3

Isaiah

34:9; 34:9; 34:9

H2203

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2203 matches the Hebrew זֶפֶת (zep̄eṯ),
which occurs 3 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - And when she could H3201 not longer H5750 hide H6845 him, she took H3947 for him an ark H8392 of bulrushes, H1573 and daubed H2560 it with slime H2564 and with pitch, H2203 and put H7760 the child H3206 therein; and she laid H7760 it in the flags H5488 by the river's H2975 brink. H8193

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - And the streams H5158 thereof shall be turned H2015 into pitch, H2203 and the dust H6083 thereof into brimstone, H1614 and the land H776 thereof shall become burning H1197 pitch. H2203
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