Strong's #6846: Tsphanyah (pronounced tsef-an-yaw')
or Tsphanyahuw {tsef-an-yaw'-hoo}; from 6845 and 3050; Jah has secreted; Tsephanjah, the name of four Israelites:--Zephaniah.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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tsephanyâh / tsephanyâhû
Zephaniah = "Jehovah has treasured"
1) the 9th in order of the 12 minor prophets; descendant of king Hezekiah of Judah and prophet in the time of king Josiah of Judah
2) son of Maaseiah and second priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah; succeeded Jehoiada and an officer of the temple; slain at Riblah on the capture of Jerusalem
3) father of Josiah and Hen in the time of the prophet Zechariah
4) a Levite
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
Relation: from H6845 and H3050
Usage:
This word is used 10 times:
2 Kings 25:18: "Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers"
1 Chronicles 6:36: "the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,"
Jeremiah 21:1: "him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,"
Jeremiah 29:25: "the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,"
Jeremiah 29:29: " And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah"
Jeremiah 37:3: "Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to"
Jeremiah 52:24: "Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers"
Zephaniah 1:1: "which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah,"
Zechariah 6:10: "and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son"
Zechariah 6:14: "and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD."