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Definition of Book of Zephaniah
1. Noun. An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah.
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Old Testament, Nebiim, Prophets
Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Of Zephaniah
Literary usage of Book of Zephaniah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Twelve Prophets Commonly Called the Minor by George Adam Smith (1898)
"CHAPTER II THE Book of Zephaniah THE Book of Zephaniah is one of the most difficult
in the prophetic canon. The title is very generally accepted; ..."
2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk by John Merlin Powis Smith, William Hayes Ward, Julius August Bewer (1911)
"... world- powers and hastened to proclaim it as the great judgment day of Yahweh,
the God of Israel and the God of justice. § 3. THE Book of Zephaniah. .1. ..."
3. The Bible Hand-book: An Introduction to the Study of Sacred Scripture by Joseph Angus (1873)
"THE Book of Zephaniah, B. 0. 640-609. 88. Between the cessation of the prophecies
of Isaiah, Micah, and Nahum, and the days of Zephaniah, Jeremiah, ..."
4. Historic Notes on the Books of the Old and New Testaments by Samuel Sharpe (1858)
"... he says," He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter." In these latter words,
Jeremiah had described himself in chap. xi, 19.] ON THE Book of Zephaniah. ..."
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