Zipporah

[ zi-pawr-uh, -pohr-uh, zip-er-uh ]

noun

1. the daughter of Jethro and the wife of Moses. Exodus 2:21.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Zipporah¹

From Hebrew Ṣipporāh, possibly “sparrow ”

Example Sentences

They had taken some offence respecting Zipporah, his wife, who is called the Ethiopian woman.

From Project Gutenberg

It may be noticed, here, that the unworthy manner in which Zipporah performed the rite, did not make it invalid.

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In some way, not apparent to us, this illness was connected by Zipporah with the fact that her son had not been circumcised.

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Moses accepted the home offered him, and in time married Zipporah, one of Jethro's daughters.

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The present contention began about Zipporah, but it ended in Moses himself.

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