Σάρεπτα G4558
Sarepta, a Phoenician city near Sidon where Elijah stayed with a widow during famine (1 Kings 17)
This coastal Phoenician town between Sidon and Tyre became significant in biblical narrative when God sent Elijah there during the three-year drought. The widow who hosted the prophet experienced miraculous provision of oil and flour, and her son was raised from death. Jesus references this story in Luke 4:26 to illustrate God's grace extending beyond Israel to Gentiles, using Sarepta as a paradigmatic example of unexpected divine favor.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The single NT occurrence (Luke 4:26) cites the city as evidence that prophets are honored outside their homeland. Jesus's audience in Nazareth would have recognized the Hebrew name צָרְפַת (Tsarephath), making the Gentile setting of this miracle pointed. The Greek transliteration Σάρεπτα preserves the Semitic phonology while adapting to Hellenistic readers. 1×
AR["صَرَفَةَ"]·ben["সারেফতে"]·DE["Σάρεπτα"]·EN["Sarepta"]·FR["Sarepta"]·heb["צָרְפַת"]·HI["सारपत"]·ID["Sarfat"]·IT["sarepta"]·jav["Sarfat"]·KO["사렛당-에"]·RU["Сарепту"]·ES["Sarepta"]·SW["Sárepta"]·TR["Sarefat"]·urd["صرفت"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Σάρεπτα, -ων (Ob 20), τά (Heb. צָרְפַת), Sarepta, a city of Sidon: Luk.4:26.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)