Hebrew ṭəpanyāhYahweh has treasuredṭāpan, ṭəpanhe has hidden, treasuredṭpn in Semitic roots yāhYahwehhwy in Semitic roots
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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
After Zephaniah
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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Zephaniah Sentence Examples
ZEPHANIAH, the ninth of the minor prophets in the Bible.
The main part of the book of Deuteronomy was "found" shortly before 621 B.C. and about the same time appeared the prophets Jeremiah and Zephaniah, and perhaps the book of Ruth.
- vi.: Zephaniah).
The Temple, palace and city buildings were burned, the walls broken down, the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and other leaders were put to death, and a large body of people was again carried away.
The circumstances of his minority are not recorded, nor is anything related of the Scythian inroads which occurred in the latter half of the 7th century B.C., although some passages in the books of Jeremiah and Zephaniah are supposed to refer to the events.