Tsappachath — H6835

Definition

feminine noun

a saucer (as flat)

1. jar, jug (for liquids)

Usually translated as

cruse

Origin

from an unused root meaning to expand

Occurrences

Tsappachath occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (4)

• 1 Samuel 26:11 — The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse (צַפַּ֥חַת) of water, and let us go.
• 1 Samuel 26:12 — So David took the spear and the cruse (צַפַּ֤חַת) of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
• 1 Samuel 26:16 — This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse (צַפַּ֥חַת) of water that was at his bolster.
• 1 Kings 17:12 — And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse (בַּצַּפָּ֑חַת): and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
• 1 Kings 17:14 — For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse (וְצַפַּ֥חַת) of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
• 1 Kings 17:16 — And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse (וְצַפַּ֥חַת) of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
• 1 Kings 19:6 — And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse (וְצַפַּ֣חַת) of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.