Study Dictionary
NAVE: Zephi Zepho
SMITH: ZEPHI ZEPHO
ISBE: ZEPHI; ZEPHO
Zephi
In Bible versions:
Zephi: NET AVS NRSV NASB TEVZepho: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
son of Eliphaz son of Esau
that sees and observes; that expects or covers ( --> same as Zephon)
that sees and observes; that expects or covers ( --> same as Zephon)
Hebrew
Strongs #06825: wpu Ts@phow or ypu Ts@phiy
Zepho or Zephi = "watch-tower"1) son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau and one of the chiefs of the
Edomites
6825 Tsphow tsef-o'
or Tsphiy {tsef-ee'}; from 6822; observant; Tsepho or Tsephi,an Idumaean:-Zephi, Zepho.
see HEBREW for 06822
ZEPHO [SMITH]
(watch-tower), son of Eliphaz, son of Esau, (Genesis 36:11) and one of the "dukes" or phylarchs of the Edomites. ver. (Genesis 36:15) In (1 Chronicles 1:36) he is called ZEPHI. (B.C. after 1760.)ZEPHI; ZEPHO [ISBE]
ZEPHI; ZEPHO - ze'-fi, ze'-fo (tsephi, perhaps "gaze," or "gazing," in 1 Ch 1:36; tspho, the same meaning in Gen 36:11,15): A duke of Edom. Septuagint has Sophar, which Skinner (Genesis, 431) says may be the original of Job's kind friend. In Gen 36:43 the Septuagint has Zaphoei (= tsepho, i.e. Zepho), for Iram. Skinner holds it probable that the two names, Zepho and Iram, were in the original text, thus making the number 12 (compare Lagarde, Septuagint-Stud., II, 10, 1. 178; 37, 1. 270; Nestle, Margin., 12). Lucian has Sophar, in Gen 36:11,15; Sepphoue, in 1 Ch 1:37, and Saphoin, in Gen 36:43.David Francis Roberts