page_title: Zephaniah
hierarchical_section_title: Zephaniah
caption_attribution_description: Six panels from a large iconostasis register. Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The Old Testament figures represented half length, turning towards the center where an image of the Mother of God would have been displayed. They are holding an unrolled scroll inscribed with the prophetic words. Teir faces and long beards rendered delicately. The faces executed in cool colours. The garments decorated with bejewelled hems. With a gold halo defined a red rim. The background dominated by tones of green, later. Norther Russian, 17th century. 62 x 39 cm. Nordrussland, 17. Jh.
context_page_description: Zephaniah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish Tanakh; the most prominent one being the prophet who prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of Judah and is attributed a book bearing his name among the Twelve Minor Prophets. His name is commonly transliterated Sophonias in Bibles translated from the Vulgate or Septuagint. The name might mean "YHWH, phonetically, has concealed", "[he whom] YH has hidden", or "YH lies in wait".
context_section_description: Zephaniah (/ˌzɛfəˈnaɪ.ə/, Hebrew: צְפַנְיָה‎, Modern: Tsfanya, Tiberian: Ṣəp̄anyāh, "Concealed of/is YHWH") is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish Tanakh; the most prominent one being the prophet who prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of Judah (640–609 BCE) and is attributed a book bearing his name among the Twelve Minor Prophets.  His name is commonly transliterated Sophonias in Bibles translated from the Vulgate or Septuagint. The name might mean "YHWH (YH), phonetically (IAH), has concealed", "[he whom] YH has hidden", or "YH lies in wait".
caption: A 17th century icon of Zephaniah.
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