H6837 H6837
Ziphion (son of Gad, alternate form of Zephon)
This personal name represents the same individual called Zephon in Numbers 26:15. Genesis 46:16 uses this spelling in listing Jacob's descendants who went to Egypt. Such variant spellings for the same person are common in Hebrew genealogies, often reflecting dialectical differences or scribal tradition. The individual founded one of the clans within Gad's tribe, later designated the Zephonites in the wilderness census.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name of a son of Gad, identical to Zephon but spelled differently. Genesis 46:16 uses this form in the list of Jacob's family members who migrated to Egypt, where this son would have been born or traveled with his father. 1×
AR["صِفْيُونُ"]·ben["সিফিয়োন"]·DE["Zifjon"]·EN["Ziphion"]·FR["Ziphion"]·heb["צפיון"]·HI["सिप्योन"]·ID["Zifion"]·IT["Ziphion"]·jav["Zifion"]·KO["시비온과"]·PT["Tsifyon"]·RU["Цифион"]·ES["Tsifyon"]·SW["Zifioni"]·TR["Sifyon"]·urd["صفیون"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צִפְיוֹן n.pr.m. Σαφων: son of Gad (? gaze);—Gn 46:16, = צְפוֹן Nu 26:15 (v. בַּעַל צ׳).