King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6855
Transliteration: Tsipporah
Phonetic Spelling: (tsip-po-raw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Short Definition: "bird", Moses' wife
Meaning: Zipporah -- "bird", Moses' wife
Word Summary
Tsipporah: "bird", Moses' wife
Original Word: צִפֹּרָהTransliteration: Tsipporah
Phonetic Spelling: (tsip-po-raw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Short Definition: "bird", Moses' wife
Meaning: Zipporah -- "bird", Moses' wife
Strong's Concordance
Zipporah Feminine of tsippowr; bird; Tsipporah, Moses' wife -- Zipporah.
see HEBREW tsippowr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6855. Tsipporah
צִמֹּרָה proper name, feminine wife of Moses (bird); — Exodus 2:21; 4:25; 18:2; Σεπφωρα (compare LagBN 90 Anm.*).
III. צפר (√ of following; compare Arabic plait, braid, Ethiopic id.; Late Hebrew צְפִירָהֵ = rim of basket).