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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)
Dictionary Aids

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׃.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth it in the weeds by the edge of the River;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.
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