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BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Book of Zephaniah mean?
• BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH (noun)
The noun BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH has 1 sense:
1. an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah
Familiarity information: BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Book of Zephaniah; Sophonias; Zephaniah
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Book of Zephaniah" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
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