Zephath
צְפַת/ZEE-fath/
“Watchtower”
Summary
The original Canaanite name of a city in the southern Negev that was captured and renamed Hormah by the tribes of Judah and Simeon.
☩Conquest and Renaming
Zephath was a Canaanite city in the extreme south of Canaan. After the death of Joshua, the tribes of Judah and Simeon attacked the city, utterly destroyed it, and renamed it Hormah, meaning 'devoted to destruction.' The name Zephath means 'watchtower,' suggesting its original function as a military outpost guarding the southern approaches to Canaan.
Key verses:Judges 1:17
Related Verses1 mention
Judges· 1 verse
See Also
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Zephath," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Zephath," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).