Editing Zephaniah (section)

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[[File:Icon of Zephaniah (17th c., North Russia, priv. coll.).jpg|thumb|250px|A 17th century icon of Zephaniah]]

'''Zephaniah''' ({{IPAc-en|z|ɛ|f|ə|ˈ|n|aɪ|.|ə}}, {{Hebrew Name|צְפַנְיָה|Ṣəfanya|Ṣep̄anyā|"Concealed of/is [[Tetragrammaton|YHWH]]"}}; {{langx|el|Σοφονίας}} – ''Sōfənīəs'') is the name of several people in the [[Hebrew Bible]]; the most prominent being the prophet who prophesied in the days of [[Josiah]], [[Kingdom of Judah|king of Judah]] (640–609 BCE) and is attributed [[Book of Zephaniah|a book bearing his name]] among the [[Twelve Minor Prophets]].<ref name=mason/> His name is commonly transliterated '''Sophonias''' in Bibles translated from the [[Vulgate]] or [[Septuagint]]. The name might mean "[[Yahweh]] has hidden/protected,"{{sfn |Grudem et al. |2008|p=1729}} or "Yah lies in wait".{{sfn |Carson et al. |2015|p= 1839}} The church father [[Jerome]] interpreted the name to mean "the watchman of the Lord".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/prophecy-of-sophonias-12455|title=The Prophecy of Sophonias &#124; EWTN|website=EWTN Global Catholic Television Network}}</ref>