צָפָה tsaphah
Hebrew word for “to overlay” · Strong’s H6823 · used 47 times in 40 verses
Meaning
1) to lay out, lay over, overlay, cover; 1a) (Piel) to overlay, plate, stud; 1b) (Pual) to be laid over
How it is translated
Glosses given for tsaphah in context, with how often each is used:
- overlaid 33
- will overlay 12
- had overlaid 1
- spreading out 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 6 (8), Exodus 37 (6), Exodus 25 (4), Exodus 26 (3), Exodus 36 (3), Exodus 38 (3), 2 Chronicles 3 (3), Exodus 27 (2), Exodus 30 (2), 1 Kings 10 (1)
Forms
- ויצף 13
- וצפית 10
- צפה 8
- ויצפהו 6
- וצפה 4
- תצפנו 1
- תצפה 1
- מצפים 1
- ויצפם 1
- ויצפו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tsaphah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 30
- שִׁטָּה shittah “acacia” 11
- זֵר zer “border” 6
- טָהוֹר tahor “pure” 8
- עֵץ ets “tree” 10
- בַּד bad “alone” 8
- וָו vav “hook” 5
- נְחֹשֶׁת nechoshet “bronze” 7
- עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 5
- סָבִיב saviv “around” 6
- אֶדֶן eden “socket” 4
- כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 4
Key verses
The verses using tsaphah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 25:11 — And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
- Exodus 25:13 — And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 25:28 — And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
- Exodus 27:2 — And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
- Exodus 30:3 — And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of…
- 1 Kings 6:20 — And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure…
- 1 Kings 6:32 — The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread…
- 1 Kings 10:18 — Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 — And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and…
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 — Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
- Proverbs 26:23 — Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
- Isaiah 21:5 — Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.