H6835 - צַפַּחַת (tsappachath)

H6835 צַפַּחַת (tsappachath) tsap-pakh'-ath

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

jar

Strong's Definition

a saucer (as flat)

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to expand;

KJV Usage: cruse.

TWOT Reference: 1952a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) jar, jug (for liquids)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

jar, jug (for liquids)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צַפַּחַת tsappachath BDB Definition: 1) jar, jug (for liquids) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to expand Same Word by TWOT Number: 1952a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

26:11 26:12 26:16

17:12 17:14 17:16 19:6

1 Samuel 26:11

But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take... the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go....”

1 Samuel 26:12

So David took the spear and water... jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them [or] knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

1 Samuel 26:16

This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD... lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect... your lord,... the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

1 Kings 17:12

But she replied, As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread— only... a handful... of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare [a meal] for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.

1 Kings 17:14

for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.

1 Kings 17:16

The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.

1 Kings 19:6

And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.