צִפֹּרָה

tsip.po.rahZipporah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a woman3 occurrences1 book3 verses
This is the name of Zipporah: Wife of Moses, daughter of Jethro.

Definition

feminine of H6833; bird; Tsipporah, Moses’ wife
Traditional renderings: Zipporah.

Glossary entries

Zipporah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

3 total
  1. Exodus 2:21צִפֹּרָ֥ה · Zipporah
    Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
  2. Exodus 4:25צִפֹּרָ֜ה · But Zipporah
    But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
  3. Exodus 18:2צִפֹּרָ֖ה · Zipporah
    After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,