צִפֹּרָה Tsippôrâh
Meaning
Tsipporah, Moses' wife
In the King James Version: Zipporah.
Derivation: feminine of H6833 (צִפּוֹר); bird;
Where it is used
- Exodus 2:21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- Exodus 4:25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
- Exodus 18:2 After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,