What is "zephaniah"

masc. proper name, Biblical ninth of the prophets, from Hebrew Tzephanyah "the Lord has hidden."

Zephaniah or Tzepfanyah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish Tanakh. His name is commonly transliterated Sophonias in Bibles translated from the Latin Vulgate or Septuagint. The name might mean "Yah(weh) has concealed", "[he whom] Yah(weh) has hidden", or "Yah(weh) lies in wait".

Zephaniah may refer to:

• Zephaniah, name of several people in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh
• Zephaniah (name)
• Book of Zephaniah, book
• Apocalypse of Zephaniah, pseudepigraphic text
• Zephaniah Kingsley Plantation Home and Buildings, site of a former estate in Jacksonville, Florida

Zephaniah is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Zephaniah Webster Bunce (1787–1889), American businessman
• Zephaniah Kingsley Sr. (1734–1792), British merchant
• Zephaniah Kingsley (1765–1843), American planter
• Zephaniah Alexander Looby (1899–1972), American lawyer
• Zephaniah Swift Moore (1770–1823), American Congregational clergyman
• Zephaniah Ncube (born 1957), Zimbabwean long-distance runner
• Zephaniah Platt (1735–1807), American politician
• Zephaniah Platt (Michigan Attorney General) (1796–1871), American politician
• Zephaniah Skinner (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
• Zephaniah Swift (1759–1823), American author
• Zephaniah Thomas (born 1989), English footballer
• Zephaniah Turner, Jr. (1812–1876), American politician
• Zephaniah Williams (1795–1874), Welsh Chartist
• Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958), British Jamaican writer
• John Zephaniah Bell (1794–1883), Scottish artist
• John Zephaniah Holwell (1711–1798), British surgeon
• Dewi Zephaniah Phillips (1934–2006), Welsh philosopher
• Charles Zephaniah Platt (1773–1822), American politician