Kâçiphyâʼ — H3703

Definition

locative proper noun

Casiphja, a place in Babylon

1. Casiphia = "silvery"
2. a place in Babylonia on the road between Babylon and Jerusalem; site uncertain

Usually translated as

Casiphia

Origin

perhaps from H3701; silvery

• Derived from Keçeph (H3701)

Occurrences

Kâçiphyâʼ occurs 2 times in 1 verse of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1)

• Ezra 8:17 — And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia (בְּכָסִפְיָ֖א), and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
• Ezra 8:17 — And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia (בְּכָסִפְיָ֣א), that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.