Tsᵉphath — H6857

Definition

locative proper noun

Tsephath, a place in Palestine

1. Zephath = "watch-tower"
2. a Canaanite city in Simeon renamed Hormah by the Israelites

Usually translated as

Zephath

Origin

from H6822; watch-tower

• Derived from Tsâphâh (H6822)

Occurrences

Tsᵉphath occurs 1 time in the King James.

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

• Judges 1:17 — And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath (צְפַ֑ת), and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.