Zipporah

Wife of Moses, daughter of Jethro

A written article for Zipporah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Zipporah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1600 BC
    1400 BC
  • Zipporah
    1531 BC to 1491 BC

Original word

  • צִפֹּרָה zipporah
    H6855
Relationships
Father: Jethro Son: Eliezer Son: Gershom Husband: Moses Brother: Eliasaph Brother: Hobab
Citations
“Zipporah.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
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Where Zipporah appears in Scripture

Exodus 2

וַיּוֹאֶל מֹשֶׁה לָשֶׁבֶת אֶת-הָאִישׁ וַיִּתֵּן אֶת-צִפֹּרָה בִתּוֹ לְמֹשֶֽׁה׃
21
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

Exodus 4

וַתִּקַּח צִפֹּרָה צֹר וַתִּכְרֹת אֶת-עָרְלַת בְּנָהּ וַתַּגַּע לְרַגְלָיו וַתֹּאמֶר כִּי חֲתַן-דָּמִים אַתָּה לִֽי׃
25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

Exodus 18

וַיִּקַּח יִתְרוֹ חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה אֶת-צִפֹּרָה אֵשֶׁת מֹשֶׁה אַחַר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃
2
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,