Lexical Summary Sarepta: Sarepta, a city near Sidon Original Word: ΣάρεπταTransliteration: Sarepta Phonetic Spelling: (sar'-ep-tah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: Sarepta, a city near Sidon Meaning: Sarepta -- a city near Sidon Strong's Concordance Sarepta. Of Hebrew origin (Tsarphath); Sarepta (i.e. Tsarephath), a place in Palestine -- Sarepta. see HEBREW Tsarphath Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4558: ΣάρεπταΣάρεπτα (Tr marginal reading Σαρεφθα; Tdf. in O. T. Σάρεπτα), (צָרְפַת from צָרַף, to smelt; hence, perhaps 'smelting-house'), Σαρεπτων (yet cf. Buttmann, 15 (14); but declined in Obad.), τά; Sarepta (so A. V.; better with O. T. Zarephath) a Phoenician town between Tyre and Sidon, but nearer Sidon (now Surafend; cf. B. D., under the word |