1. Zephaniah (proper name) — The proper name Tsephanyah/Tsefanyahu (צְפַנְיָה), meaning 'YHWH has hidden/treasured,' borne by several OT figures including the prophet (Zeph 1:1), a priest (Jer 21:1; 29:25; 37:3; 52:24; Zech 6:10,14), and a Kohathite ancestor (1Chr 6:21). All three clusters represent orthographic and suffixal variants of the same name: Spanish uniformly renders 'Sofonías,' Arabic 'صَفَنْيَا/صَفَنْيَاهُو,' Korean '스바니야/스바냐,' Swahili 'Sefania,' and Hindi 'सपन्याह/त्सफ़न्याहू.' The longer form -yahu and shorter -yah are standard Hebrew theophoric alternations, not distinct senses. 10×
AR["صَفَنيا","صَفَنْيَا","صَفَنْيَاهُو"]·ben["সফনিয়","সফনিয়কে","সফনিয়াকে","সফনিয়ের"]·DE["Tsefanyahu","Zefanja","[צפניה]"]·EN["Tsefanyah","Tsefanyahu","Tsephanyah","Zephaniah","came"]·FR["Sophonie","Tsefanyahu","Tsephania","[צפניה]"]·heb["צפניה","צפניהו"]·HI["त्सफ़न्याहू","सपनयाह-के","सपन्याह"]·ID["Zefanya"]·IT["Sefania","Sofonia","Tsefanyahu","[צפניה]"]·jav["Séfanya","Zefanya","Zéfanya"]·KO["솏바냐","솏바냐가","스바냐","스바냐를","스바니야를","스바니야의"]·PT["Tsefanyah","Tsefanyahu","Tsephanyah"]·RU["Цефании","Цефанию","Цефания","Цефаньяху","Цфанье","Цфаньи"]·ES["Sofonías","Tsefanya","Tsefanyah","Tsefanyahu"]·SW["Sefania"]·TR["Sefanya","Sefanya'ya","Sefanya'yı","Tsefanya","Tsefanya'nın","Tsefanya'yi","Tsefanya'yı"]·urd["صفنیاہ","صفنیاہ-نے","صفنیاہ-کا","صفنیاہ-کے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צְפַנְיָה(וּ) n.pr.m. Σοφονιας (י׳ hath treasured; OHeb. צפניהו, Ph. צפנבעל);— 1. priest, -יָה Je 21:1; 22:25, 29; 52:24 = -יָהוּ 2 K 25:18 (𝔊L Σαφανιας), Je 37:3. Elsewhere -יָה: 2. the prophet Zp 1:1. 3. a Judæan Zc 6:10–14. 4. ancestor of Heman 1 Ch 6:21 (Σαφανιας; = אוּרִיאֵל v 9).