Zephaniah Definition & Meaning

zephaniah
noun
  1. a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC
  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

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