Zipporah
Mentioned 1530–1490 BC traditional (Jones)
A female bird. Reuel’s daughter, who became the wife of Moses (Ex. 2:21).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- Mentioned in the era of Egypt and the Exodus, 1706–1451 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Jethro and Moses.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
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Mentions
3 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Zipporah 3 |
| KJV | Zipporah 3 |
| ASV | Zipporah 3 |
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Exodus3 verses
- 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- 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.
- 18:2
After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
A female bird. Reuel’s daughter, who became the wife of Moses (Ex. 2:21). In consequence of the event recorded in Ex. 4:24-26, she and her two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, when so far on the way with Moses toward Egypt, were sent back by him to her own kinsfolk, the Midianites, with whom they sojourned till Moses afterwards joined them (18:2-6).