Hebrew word · H6846

צְפַנְיָהוּ

tzefanyahu

Zephaniah

Appears 10 times in 10 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.18;

son of: Maaseiah (H4641X)

§ Zephaniah = "Jehovah has treasured"

1) the 9th in order of the 12 minor prophets; descendant of king Hezekiah of Judah and prophet in the time of king Josiah of Judah

2) son of Maaseiah and second priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah; succeeded Jehoiada and an officer of the temple; slain at Riblah on the capture of Jerusalem

3) father of Josiah and Hen in the time of the prophet Zechariah

4) a Levite

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Kings · 1

  1. 2 Kings 25:18 צְפַנְיָ֖הוּ Zephaniah

    The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

    Here: 'YHWH has hidden / treasured'. Almost certainly Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the temple overseer who appears several times in Jeremiah (Jer 21:1; 29:25–29; 37:3). He is not the prophet Zephaniah.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:36 צְפַנְיָֽה׃ Zephaniah

    the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

Jeremiah · 5

  1. Jeremiah 21:1 צְפַנְיָ֧ה Zephaniah

    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,

    Here: 'YHWH has hidden/treasured'. He was the senior priest who ranked second in the temple (52:24). He is not the prophet Zephaniah.

  2. Jeremiah 29:25 צְפַנְיָ֤ה Zephaniah

    this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:

    Here: A senior temple priest, the “second priest” of 52:24. He was the official expected to act against Jeremiah. Not the prophet Zephaniah.

  3. Jeremiah 29:29 צְפַנְיָ֥ה Zephaniah

    (Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)

  4. Jeremiah 37:3 צְפַנְיָ֤הוּ Zephaniah

    Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

    Here: 'Yahweh has hidden/treasured'. A senior priest, called 'the second priest' (deputy to the high priest) in 2 Kings 25:18. This is not the prophet who wrote the book of Zephaniah.

  5. Jeremiah 52:24 צְפַנְיָ֖ה Zephaniah

    The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

    Here: The name means 'YHWH has hidden/treasured'. This is almost certainly Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. King Zedekiah sent him to Jeremiah more than once (21:1; 37:3), and he was in charge of temple order (29:25–29).

Zephaniah · 1

  1. Zephaniah 1:1 צְפַנְיָה֙ Zephaniah

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:

Zechariah · 2

  1. Zechariah 6:10 צְפַנְיָ֔ה Zephaniah

    “Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.

  2. Zechariah 6:14 צְפַנְיָ֑ה Zephaniah

    The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.