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Σάρεπτα
Sarepta
G4558
N:N--L Greek

Zarephath

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Sarepta names the place in Sidon where Elijah was sent to a widow woman.

Sarepta is attested as a place name in the clause locating the widow woman to whom Elijah was sent, in Sidon.

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  1. Place named as the widow's location · dominant

    In Luke 4:26, the accusative plural neuter form Σάρεπτα occurs in the clause identifying the widow woman’s location. The APB renders the verse, “And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a widow woman at Zarephath in Sidon.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 4:26, the APB presents the place as “Zarephath” and locates it “in Sidon.” The verse is read as a whole, but the clause clearly presents the term as the widow woman’s location.

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