King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4558
Transliteration: Sarepta
Phonetic Spelling: (sar'-ep-tah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: Sarepta, a city near Sidon
Meaning: Sarepta -- a city near Sidon
Σάρεπτα (Tr marginal reading Σαρεφθα; Tdf. in O. T. Σάρεπτα), (צָרְפַת from צָרַף, to smelt; hence, perhaps 'smelting-house'), Σαρεπτων (yet cf. Buttmann, 15 (14); but declined in Obad.), τά; Sarepta (so A. V.; better with O. T. Zarephath) a Phoenician town between Tyre and Sidon, but nearer Sidon (now Surafend; cf. B. D., under the word), (1 Kings 17:9; Obadiah 1:20; in Josephus, Antiquities 8, 13, 2 Σαρεφθα): τῆς Σιδωνίας, in the land of Sidon, Luke 4:26. Cf. Robinson, Palestine 2:474ff; (B. D. as above).
Word Summary
Sarepta: Sarepta, a city near Sidon
Original Word: ΣάρεπταTransliteration: Sarepta
Phonetic Spelling: (sar'-ep-tah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: Sarepta, a city near Sidon
Meaning: Sarepta -- a city near Sidon
Strong's Concordance
Sarepta. Of Hebrew origin (Tsarphath); Sarepta (i.e. Tsarephath), a place in Palestine -- Sarepta.
see HEBREW Tsarphath
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4558: ΣάρεπταΣάρεπτα (Tr marginal reading Σαρεφθα; Tdf. in O. T. Σάρεπτα), (צָרְפַת from צָרַף, to smelt; hence, perhaps 'smelting-house'), Σαρεπτων (yet cf. Buttmann, 15 (14); but declined in Obad.), τά; Sarepta (so A. V.; better with O. T. Zarephath) a Phoenician town between Tyre and Sidon, but nearer Sidon (now Surafend; cf. B. D., under the word