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H6852 צָפַר (tsâphar) tsaw-far'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to depart

Strong's Definition

to skip about, i.e. return

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: depart early.

TWOT Reference: 1958

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to go early, depart early
1a) meaning dubious

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צָפַר (tsa.phar) — to depart. 1) (Qal) to go early, depart early 1a) meaning uncertain

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Move | verb qal | ≈ שׁוב

to turn back, to leave meaning unsure: = action by which humans turn around and move back in the direction of the place where they came from

JDG 7:3

1 JDG 7:3 MT HOTTP-B | RSV NRSV ויצרפם = צרף "to test, to sift" | NJPS כצפר ? "as a bird flies" | NJB "to watch"

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[צָפַר] vb. dub.;—Ju 17:3 let him return and (Vrss) let him depart, AV depart early, wholly uncertain ref

Bible Occurrences (1)

7:3

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