H2203 זֶפֶת
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences
זֶפֶת
zepheth · zeh'-feth
Definition
asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)
KJV Renderings
pitch.
Derivation / Etymology
from an unused root (meaning to liquify);
KJV Verses (3)
- Exodus 2:3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
- Isaiah 34:9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
- Isaiah 34:9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.