noun
1. a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC
• Syn: ↑Zephaniah
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑prophet
2. an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah
• Syn: ↑Zephaniah, ↑Book of Zephaniah
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑book
• Part Holonyms: ↑Prophets, ↑Nebiim, ↑Old Testament
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/sof'euh nuy"euhs/, n. Douay Bible.
Zephaniah.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.