Tsᵉlophchâd — H6765

Definition

masculine proper noun

Tselophchad, an Israelite

1. Zelophehad = "first-born"
2. a Manassite, son of Hepher and grandson of Gilead; came out of Egypt with Moses and died in the wilderness leaving only five daughters as heirs; their right to the inheritance was confirmed by divine direction

Usually translated as

Zelophehad

Origin

from the same as H6764 and H259

• Same as Tsâlâph (H6764)
• Same as ʼechâd (H259)

Occurrences

Tsᵉlophchâd occurs 11 times in 9 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (7), Joshua (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Numbers 26:33 — And Zelophehad (וּצְלָפְחָ֣ד) the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
• Numbers 26:33 — And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad (צְלָפְחָ֔ד) were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
• Numbers 27:1 — Then came the daughters of Zelophehad (צְלָפְחָ֗ד), the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
• Numbers 27:7 — The daughters of Zelophehad (צְלָפְחָד֮) speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
• Numbers 36:2 — And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad (צְלָפְחָ֥ד) our brother unto his daughters.
• Numbers 36:6 — This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad (צְלָפְחָד֙), saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
• Numbers 36:10 — Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad (צְלָפְחָֽד):
• Numbers 36:11 — For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad (צְלָפְחָ֑ד), were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
• Joshua 17:3 — But Zelophehad (וְלִצְלָפְחָד֩), the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
• 1 Chronicles 7:15 — And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad (צְלָפְחָ֑ד): and Zelophehad had daughters.
• 1 Chronicles 7:15 — And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad (לִצְלָפְחָ֖ד) had daughters.