Lexicon :: Strong's H2203 - zep̄eṯ

זֶפֶת
Transliteration
zep̄eṯ
Pronunciation
zeh'-feth
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 according to Frä151, if Shemitic, is Aramaic loan-word; see also Ethiopic 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