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ZEPHANIAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zephaniah mean?
• ZEPHANIAH (noun)
The noun ZEPHANIAH has 2 senses:
1. a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC
2. 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: ZEPHANIAH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Sophonias; Zephaniah
Instance hypernyms:
prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)
Sense 2
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 ("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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