6854. tsephardea

Strong's Lexicon

tsephardea: Frog

Original Word: צְפַרְדֵּעַ
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: tsephardea
Pronunciation: tsef-ar-day'-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (tsef-ar-day'-ah)
Definition: Frog
Meaning: a marsh-leaper, frog

Word Origin: Likely derived from an unused root meaning to skip about

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G944 βάτραχος (batrachos): Used in the New Testament, specifically in Revelation 16:13, where unclean spirits are described as frogs.

Usage: The Hebrew word "tsephardea" refers to frogs, specifically in the context of the plagues of Egypt. It is used to describe the amphibians that were part of the second plague that God sent upon Egypt as a judgment against Pharaoh and the Egyptian gods.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Egypt, frogs were associated with fertility and were considered sacred, particularly linked to the goddess Heqet, who was depicted as a frog or a woman with a frog's head. The plague of frogs, therefore, was not only a physical nuisance but also a direct challenge to the Egyptian religious system and their deities. This plague demonstrated the power of the God of Israel over the gods of Egypt, emphasizing His sovereignty and authority.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
frogs
NASB Translation
frogs (13).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

צְפַרְדֵּעַ noun feminine^{Ex 8:2} (compare also Albr^{ZAW xv (1895), 322} Ges^{§§ 135o} 145o) frogs (Arabic , etc.; Aramaic עוּדְּעָנַיָּא, אוּרְדְּעָא, ); — frogs, collective Exodus 8:2; Psalm 78:45; plural צִפַרְדְּעִים Exodus 7:27; Exodus 7:28; Exodus 7:29; Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:3; Exodus 8:4; Exodus 8:5; Exodus 8:7; Exodus 8:8; Exodus 8:9; Psalm 105:30.

צֶ֫פֶת see II צפה.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

frog

From tsaphar and a word elsewhere unused meaning a swamp; a marsh-leaper, i.e. Frog -- frog.

see HEBREW tsaphar

Forms and Transliterations

בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ בצפרדעים׃ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗ים הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים הַצְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ הצפרדע הצפרדעים הצפרדעים׃ וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וצפרדע צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים צְפַרְדְּעִים֒ צפרדעים baṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm baṣp̄ardə‘îm BatzfardeIm ha·ṣă·p̄ar·də·‘îm haṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm haṣ·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ haṣăp̄ardə‘îm haṣp̄ardə‘îm haṣṣəp̄ardêa‘ hatzafardeIm HatzfardeIm hatztzefarDea ṣə·p̄ar·də·‘îm ṣəp̄ardə‘îm tzefardeIm ū·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ ūṣəp̄ardêa‘ utzefarDea

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 8:2
HEB: כָּל־ גְּבוּלְךָ֖ בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃
NAS: your whole territory with frogs.
KJV: all thy borders with frogs:
INT: your whole territory frogs

Exodus 8:3
HEB: וְשָׁרַ֣ץ הַיְאֹר֮ צְפַרְדְּעִים֒ וְעָלוּ֙ וּבָ֣אוּ
NAS: will swarm with frogs, which will come
KJV: shall bring forth frogs abundantly,
INT: will swarm the Nile frogs will come and go

Exodus 8:4
HEB: עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ יַעֲל֖וּ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃
NAS: So the frogs will come
KJV: And the frogs shall come up
INT: servants will come the frogs

Exodus 8:5
HEB: וְהַ֥עַל אֶת־ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים עַל־ אֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: the pools, and make frogs come
KJV: and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up
INT: the pools come frogs over the land

Exodus 8:6
HEB: מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתַּ֙עַל֙ הַצְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת־
NAS: of Egypt, and the frogs came
KJV: of Egypt; and the frogs came up,
INT: of Egypt came and the frogs and covered the land

Exodus 8:7
HEB: וַיַּעֲל֥וּ אֶת־ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים עַל־ אֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: with their secret arts, making frogs come
KJV: and brought up frogs upon the land
INT: their secret come frogs on the land

Exodus 8:8
HEB: יְהוָ֔ה וְיָסֵר֙ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים מִמֶּ֖נִּי וּמֵֽעַמִּ֑י
NAS: that He remove the frogs from me and from my people;
KJV: that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people;
INT: the LORD remove the frogs and from my people

Exodus 8:9
HEB: וּֽלְעַמְּךָ֔ לְהַכְרִית֙ הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים מִמְּךָ֖ וּמִבָּתֶּ֑יךָ
NAS: and your people, that the frogs be destroyed
KJV: to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses,
INT: and your people be destroyed the frogs at and your houses

Exodus 8:11
HEB: וְסָר֣וּ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗ים מִמְּךָ֙ וּמִבָּ֣תֶּ֔יךָ
NAS: The frogs will depart
KJV: And the frogs shall depart
INT: will depart the frogs at and your houses

Exodus 8:12
HEB: עַל־ דְּבַ֥ר הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים אֲשֶׁר־ שָׂ֥ם
NAS: concerning the frogs which
KJV: because of the frogs which he had brought
INT: because of the frogs which had inflicted

Exodus 8:13
HEB: מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים מִן־ הַבָּתִּ֥ים
NAS: of Moses, and the frogs died
KJV: of Moses; and the frogs died
INT: of Moses died and the frogs out of the houses

Psalm 78:45
HEB: עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃
NAS: which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed
KJV: among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed
INT: swarms devoured and frogs destroyed

Psalm 105:30
HEB: שָׁרַ֣ץ אַרְצָ֣ם צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗י מַלְכֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: swarmed with frogs [Even] in the chambers
KJV: brought forth frogs in abundance,
INT: swarmed their land frogs the chambers of their kings

13 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6854
13 Occurrences

baṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm — 1 Occ.
ha·ṣă·p̄ar·də·‘îm — 1 Occ.
haṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm — 7 Occ.
haṣ·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ — 1 Occ.
ṣə·p̄ar·də·‘îm — 2 Occ.
ū·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ — 1 Occ.