Dictionary of Jewish Biography

ZIPPORAH

Zipporah: translation

(fl. ?13th cent BCE)
Israelite woman, wife ofMoses. She was the daughter of Jethro, priest of Midian. She travelled to Egypt withMosesto plead with Pharoah for the release of the Israelites; on the journey she saved the life of her son Gershom by circumcising him (Exodus 4:24-26). She returned alone to her father, with her sons Gershom andEliezer; Jethro later took them to rejoinMoseson Mount Sinai (Exodus 18:1).

  1. zipporah—Zipporah translation A female bird. Reuels daughter who became the wife of Moses Ex. . In consequence of the event recorded in Ex. she and her two sons Gershom and Eliez...Easton's Bible Dictionary
  2. zipporah—Zipporah translation Zipporah fu Jewishu common female form of the rare Hebrewu male name Zippor meaning bird. The female name is borne in the Bible by the wife of Moses...First names dictionary