Zarephath (biblical town)

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Phoenician city ancient town biblical location

Zarephath is an ancient Phoenician coastal town mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, notably as the place where the prophet Elijah stayed with a widow during a severe famine.

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Label Occurrences
Zarephath 1
Zarephath (biblical town) canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician city ⓘ
ancient town ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteType tell (mound) at Sarafand ⓘ
associatedWith Elijah ⓘ
widow of Zarephath ⓘ
citedAsExampleOf God’s favor to a non-Israelite widow ⓘ
citedBy Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
country Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia
culture Phoenician culture ⓘ
describedAs Sidonian town ⓘ
coastal town ⓘ
event Elijah raised the widow’s son ⓘ
Elijah ⓘ
surface form: Elijah stayed with a widow during a famine

miracle of the jar of flour and jug of oil not running out ⓘ
governedBy Kingdom of Sidon ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Sidon (historical association)
hasBiblicalFigure Elijah ⓘ
surface form: Elijah the Tishbite

widow of Zarephath’s son ⓘ
hasLanguage Hebrew (biblical references) ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician
hasRoleIn narrative of Elijah’s ministry ⓘ
prophetic sign to Israel in the time of Ahab ⓘ
locatedBetween Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
mentionedIn 1 Kings ⓘ
1 Kings 17 ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Luke 4:26 ⓘ
Obadiah ⓘ
Obadiah 1:20 ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
modernCountry Lebanon ⓘ
modernSiteCandidate Sarafand ⓘ
nameVariant Sarephath ⓘ
Sarepta ⓘ
region near Sidon ⓘ
near Tyre ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scripturalTheme God’s concern for Gentiles ⓘ
divine provision during famine ⓘ
resurrection miracle ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zarephath, New Jersey → namedAfter → Zarephath (biblical town) ⓘ
center for Pillar of Fire ministries → hasAddressLocality → Zarephath (biblical town) ⓘ
subject surface form: Center for Pillar of Fire Ministries
this entity surface form: Zarephath