Zipporah — the meaning of the Hebrew name צִפֹּרָה

צִפֹּרָה

Tsippôrâh · pronounced tsip-po-raw' · Strong's H6855 · a woman

Zipporah means bird.

Built from

צִפּוֹר tsippôwr (feminine of, H6833) — a little bird (as hopping) open in the lexicon ›

feminine of H6833; bird; Tsipporah, Moses’ wife.

Exod 2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Exodus

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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