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It is used to describe the amphibians that were part of the second plague that God sent upon Egypt as a judgment against Pharaoh and the Egyptian gods.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Egypt, frogs were associated with fertility and were considered sacred, particularly linked to the goddess Heqet, who was depicted as a frog or a woman with a frog's head. The plague of frogs, therefore, was not only a physical nuisance but also a direct challenge to the Egyptian religious system and their deities. This plague demonstrated the power of the God of Israel over the gods of Egypt, emphasizing His sovereignty and authority.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>frogs<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>frogs (13).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">צְפַרְדֵּעַ</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font><sup>Ex 8:2</sup> (compare also Albr<sup>ZAW xv (1895), 322</sup> Ges<sup>§§ 135o</sup> 145o) <font size="+1"><b>frogs</b></font> (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb086211.gif">, etc.; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">עוּדְּעָנַיָּא</font>, <font class="hebrew2">אוּרְדְּעָא</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb086212.gif">); — <em>frogs</em>, collective <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-2.htm">Exodus 8:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/78-45.htm">Psalm 78:45</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">צִפַרְדְּעִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/7-27.htm">Exodus 7:27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/7-28.htm">Exodus 7:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/7-29.htm">Exodus 7:29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-1.htm">Exodus 8:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-3.htm">Exodus 8:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-4.htm">Exodus 8:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-5.htm">Exodus 8:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-7.htm">Exodus 8:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-8.htm">Exodus 8:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-9.htm">Exodus 8:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/105-30.htm">Psalm 105:30</a>. <p><font class="hebrew2">צֶ֫פֶת</font> see II <font class="hebrew2">צפה</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>frog <p>From <a href="/hebrew/6852.htm">tsaphar</a> and a word elsewhere unused meaning a swamp; a marsh-leaper, i.e. Frog -- frog. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6852.htm">tsaphar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ בצפרדעים׃ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗ים הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים הַצְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ הצפרדע הצפרדעים הצפרדעים׃ וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וצפרדע צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים צְפַרְדְּעִים֒ צפרדעים baṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm baṣp̄ardə‘îm BatzfardeIm ha·ṣă·p̄ar·də·‘îm haṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm haṣ·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ haṣăp̄ardə‘îm haṣp̄ardə‘îm haṣṣəp̄ardêa‘ hatzafardeIm HatzfardeIm hatztzefarDea ṣə·p̄ar·də·‘îm ṣəp̄ardə‘îm tzefardeIm ū·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ ūṣəp̄ardêa‘ utzefarDea<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כָּל־ גְּבוּלְךָ֖ <b> בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> your whole territory <span class="itali">with frogs.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all thy borders <span class="itali">with frogs:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> your whole territory <span class="itali">frogs</span><p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְשָׁרַ֣ץ הַיְאֹר֮ <b> צְפַרְדְּעִים֒ </b> וְעָלוּ֙ וּבָ֣אוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will swarm <span class="itali">with frogs,</span> which will come<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall bring forth <span class="itali">frogs</span> abundantly,<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will swarm the Nile <span class="itali">frogs</span> will come and go<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ יַעֲל֖וּ <b> הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">So the frogs</span> will come<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And the frogs</span> shall come up<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> servants will come <span class="itali">the frogs</span><p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהַ֥עַל אֶת־ <b> הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים </b> עַל־ אֶ֥רֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the pools, <span class="itali">and make frogs</span> come<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and over the ponds, <span class="itali">and cause frogs</span> to come up<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the pools come <span class="itali">frogs</span> over the land<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתַּ֙עַל֙ <b> הַצְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ </b> וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Egypt, <span class="itali">and the frogs</span> came<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Egypt; <span class="itali">and the frogs</span> came up,<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Egypt came <span class="itali">and the frogs</span> and covered the land<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיַּעֲל֥וּ אֶת־ <b> הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים </b> עַל־ אֶ֥רֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with their secret arts, <span class="itali">making frogs</span> come<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and brought up <span class="itali">frogs</span> upon the land<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> their secret come <span class="itali">frogs</span> on the land<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְהוָ֔ה וְיָסֵר֙ <b> הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים </b> מִמֶּ֖נִּי וּמֵֽעַמִּ֑י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that He remove <span class="itali">the frogs</span> from me and from my people;<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that he may take away <span class="itali">the frogs</span> from me, and from my people;<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the LORD remove <span class="itali">the frogs</span> and from my people<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּֽלְעַמְּךָ֔ לְהַכְרִית֙ <b> הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים </b> מִמְּךָ֖ וּמִבָּתֶּ֑יךָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and your people, <span class="itali">that the frogs</span> be destroyed<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to destroy <span class="itali">the frogs</span> from thee and thy houses,<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and your people be destroyed <span class="itali">the frogs</span> at and your houses<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְסָר֣וּ <b> הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗ים </b> מִמְּךָ֙ וּמִבָּ֣תֶּ֔יךָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">The frogs</span> will depart<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And the frogs</span> shall depart<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will depart <span class="itali">the frogs</span> at and your houses<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַל־ דְּבַ֥ר <b> הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים </b> אֲשֶׁר־ שָׂ֥ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> concerning <span class="itali">the frogs</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> because of <span class="itali">the frogs</span> which he had brought<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> because of <span class="itali">the frogs</span> which had inflicted<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙ <b> הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים </b> מִן־ הַבָּתִּ֥ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Moses, <span class="itali">and the frogs</span> died<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Moses; <span class="itali">and the frogs</span> died<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Moses died <span class="itali">and the frogs</span> out of the houses<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/78-45.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 78:45</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/78.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם <b> וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ </b> וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/78.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> which devoured <span class="itali">them, And frogs</span> which destroyed<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/78.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> among them, which devoured <span class="itali">them; and frogs,</span> which destroyed<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/78-45.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> swarms devoured <span class="itali">and frogs</span> destroyed<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/105-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 105:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/105.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שָׁרַ֣ץ אַרְצָ֣ם <b> צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים </b> בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗י מַלְכֵיהֶֽם׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/105.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> swarmed <span class="itali">with frogs</span> [Even] in the chambers<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/105.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> brought forth <span class="itali">frogs</span> in abundance,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/105-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> swarmed their land <span class="itali">frogs</span> the chambers of their kings<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6854.htm">13 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6854.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6854<br>13 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/batzfardeim_6854.htm">baṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hatzafardeim_6854.htm">ha·ṣă·p̄ar·də·‘îm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hatzfardeim_6854.htm">haṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm — 7 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hatztzefardea_6854.htm">haṣ·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tzefardeim_6854.htm">ṣə·p̄ar·də·‘îm — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/utzefardea_6854.htm">ū·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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