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Strong's #6834 - צִפּוֹר

Transliteration
Tsippôwr
Phonetics
tsip-pore'
Origin
the same as (H6833)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Zippor = “sparrow”

1) father of Balak the king of Moab at the time of the exodus

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (7)
Numbers 5
Joshua 1
1
NAS (7)
Numbers 5
Joshua 1
1
HCS (7)
Numbers 5
Joshua 1
1
BSB (7)
Numbers 5
Joshua 1
1
ESV (7)
Numbers 5
Joshua 1
1
WEB (7)
Numbers 5
Joshua 1
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 II. צִמּוֺר proper name, masculine father of Balak, king of Moab ( bird; perhaps specifically sparrow, compare Gray Prop. N. 94; Palmyrene proper name, masculine צפרא); — ׳צ Numbers 22:2,4,16; Joshua 24:9; Judges 11:25, צִמֹּר Numbers 22:10; Numbers 23:18; Σεπφωρ.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

צִפּוֹר , pl. צִפֳּרִים (as if from צִפֹּרֶת), comm. (f. Proverbs 27:8; Isaiah 31:5)

(1)  a small bird, so called from its twittering (see צָפַר No. 3 ), Psalms 11:1, 104:17 124:7 Job 40:29 Proverbs 6:5, 7:23 specially a sparrow (Arab. عَصْفُورُ with a prefixed guttural), Psalms 84:4; Proverbs 26:2.

(2) a bird, of any kind, Deuteronomy 4:17, 14:11 Leviticus 14:4. Collect. birds, Genesis 7:14, 15:10.

(3) [Zippor], pr.n. of the father of Balak, king of Moab, Numbers 4:10; Joshua 24:9.


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List of Word Forms
צִפֹּ֛ר צִפֹּֽר׃ צִפּ֑וֹר צִפּ֔וֹר צִפּ֖וֹר צִפּ֛וֹר צִפּוֹר֙ צפור צפר צפר׃ ṣip·pō·wr ṣip·pōr ṣippōr ṣippōwr tzipPor
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