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Tsipporah <a href="../hebrew/6856.htm" title="6856">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Tsipporah: Zipporah</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">צִפֹּרָה</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Tsipporah<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>tsip-PO-rah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(tsip-po-raw')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Zipporah<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Tsipporah<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew root צִפּוֹר (tsippor), meaning "bird."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for Zipporah in the Septuagint or the New Testament, as her account is primarily contained within the Hebrew Bible.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Zipporah is a proper noun used as a personal name in the Hebrew Bible. It refers specifically to the wife of Moses, a Midianite woman and the daughter of Jethro (also known as Reuel), the priest of Midian. The name is thought to mean "bird," which may imply beauty or swiftness.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Zipporah is introduced in the context of Moses' flight from Egypt to Midian, where he encounters her at a well. She becomes his wife and bears him two sons, Gershom and Eliezer. As a Midianite, Zipporah represents a connection between the Israelites and the Midianites, a group with whom the Israelites had both peaceful and contentious interactions. Her account highlights the theme of God's providence and the inclusion of non-Israelites in His plans.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/6833.htm">tsippor</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>"bird," Moses' wife<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Zipporah (3).<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">צִמֹּרָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>wife of Moses</b></font> (<em>bird</em>); — <a href="/interlinear/exodus/2-21.htm">Exodus 2:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/4-25.htm">Exodus 4:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/18-2.htm">Exodus 18:2</a>; <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Σεπφωρα</font> (compare Lag<sup>BN 90 Anm</sup>.*). <p>III. <font class="hebrew2">צפר</font> (√ of following; compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb086201.gif"> <em>plait, braid</em>, Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb086203.gif"> <em>id.</em>; Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">צְפִירָהֵ</font> = <em>rim</em> of basket). <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>Zipporah <p>Feminine of <a href="/hebrew/6833.htm">tsippowr</a>; bird; Tsipporah, Moses' wife -- Zipporah. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6833.htm">tsippowr</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>צִפֹּרָ֖ה צִפֹּרָ֜ה צִפֹּרָ֥ה צפרה ṣip·pō·rāh ṣippōrāh tzippoRah<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/2-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 2:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיִּתֵּ֛ן אֶת־ <b> צִפֹּרָ֥ה </b> בִתּ֖וֹ לְמֹשֶֽׁה׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> his daughter <span class="itali">Zipporah</span> to Moses.<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Moses <span class="itali">Zipporah</span> his daughter.<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/2-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the man gave <span class="itali">Zipporah</span> his daughter to Moses<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/4-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 4:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַתִּקַּ֨ח <b> צִפֹּרָ֜ה </b> צֹ֗ר וַתִּכְרֹת֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Then Zipporah</span> took a flint<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Then Zipporah</span> took a sharp stone,<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/4-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> took <span class="itali">Zipporah</span> A flint and cut<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/18-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 18:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/18.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־ <b> צִפֹּרָ֖ה </b> אֵ֣שֶׁת מֹשֶׁ֑ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> wife <span class="itali">Zipporah,</span> after<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> took <span class="itali">Zipporah,</span> Moses'<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/18-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> law Moses' <span class="itali">Zipporah</span> wife Moses'<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6855.htm">3 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6855.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6855<br>3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/tzipporah_6855.htm">ṣip·pō·rāh — 3 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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