Meanings
proper noun
- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
Synonyms: Zeph.
- biblicalHebrew prophet associated with the Book of Zephaniah
- A male given name from Hebrew.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
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Origin
- Hebrewצְפַנְיָה
- EnglishZephaniah
From Hebrew צְפַנְיָה (ts'fanyá).
More words from Hebrew
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Sefanja
- Sefanjabook of the Bible
Ancient Greek Σοφονίας
- Σοφονίας (Sophonías)book of the Bible
Basque Sofonias
- Sofoniasbook of the Bible
Catalan Sofonies
- Sofoniesbook of the Bible
Chinese Cantonese 西番雅書 /西番雅书
- 西番雅書 /西番雅书 (sai¹ faan¹ ngaa⁵ syu¹)book of the Bible
Chinese Mandarin 西番雅書 /西番雅书
- 西番雅書 /西番雅书 (Xīfānyǎshū)book of the Bible
Czech Sofoniáš
- Sofoniášbook of the Bible
Danish Zefanias
- Zefaniasbook of the Bible
Dutch Sefanja
- Sefanjabook of the Bible
Estonian Sefanja
- Sefanjabook of the Bible
Finnish Sefanja
- Sefanjabook of the Bible
French Sophonie
- Sophoniebook of the Bible
German Zephanja
- Zephanjabook of the Bible
Greek Σοφονίας
- Σοφονίας (Sofonías)book of the Bible
Hawaiian Zepania
- Zepaniabook of the Bible
Hebrew צְפַנְיָה
- צְפַנְיָה (ts'fanyá)book of the Bible
Hindi सपन्याह
- सपन्याह (sapanyāh)book of the Bible
Hungarian Zofóniás
- Zofóniásbook of the Bible
Icelandic Sefanía
- Sefaníabook of the Bible
Indonesian Zefanya
- Zefanyabook of the Bible
Irish Leabhar Zafainiá
- Leabhar Zafainiábook of the Bible
Italian Sofonia
- Sofoniabook of the Bible
Japanese ゼパニヤ書
- ゼパニヤ書 (Zepaniya sho)book of the Bible
Latin Sophonias
- Sophoniasbook of the Bible
Latvian Sofonija grāmata, Cefanjas grāmata
- Sofonija grāmatabook of the Bible
- Cefanjas grāmatabook of the Bible
Lithuanian Sofonijo knyga
- Sofonijo knygabook of the Bible
Māori Tepania
- Tepaniabook of the Bible
Norwegian Sefanias
- Sefaniasbook of the Bible
Polish Księga Sofoniasza
- Księga Sofoniaszabook of the Bible
Portuguese Sofonias
- Sofoniasbook of the Bible
Romanian Țefania
- Țefaniabook of the Bible
Russian Софо́ния
- Софо́ния (Sofónija)book of the Bible
Scottish Gaelic Sephaniah
- Sephaniahbook of the Bible
Slovak Sofoniáš
- Sofoniášbook of the Bible
Spanish Sofonías
- Sofoníasbook of the Bible
Swahili Sefania
- Sefaniabook of the Bible
Swedish Sefanja
- Sefanjabook of the Bible
Tagalog Zefanias
- Zefaniasbook of the Bible
Welsh Seffaneia
- Seffaneiabook of the Bible
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Zephaniah
viamariamayaplayaIsaiahJeremiahmessiahGaiaZechariahObadiahJosiahpapayaShiaPraiaMaiahiyapariahthaliaHezekiahjambalayaMaitreyaPhthiaIphigeniastria
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Zephaniah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zephaniah
MLA
“Zephaniah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zephaniah. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zephaniah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zephaniah.
Source: Zephaniah on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.