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sa - rep´ta ( Σάρεπτα , Sárepta ): The name in Luke 4:26 the King James Version, following the Greek, of the Phoenician town to which Elijah was sent in the time of the great famine, in order to save the lives of a widow and her son ( 1 Kings 17:9 , 1 Kings 17:10 ). The Revised Version (British and American) adopts the form of the name based upon the Hebrew, and as found in the Old Testament: ZAREPHATH (which see).