RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Zephaniah

701 BC - 609 BC

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Zephaniah (, Hebrew: צְפַנְיָה, Modern: Ṣəfanya, Tiberian: Ṣep̄anyā, "Concealed of/is YHWH"; Greek: 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, 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 "Yahweh has hidden/protected," or "Yah lies in wait". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zephaniah has received more than 577,696 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Zephaniah is the 770th most popular religious figure (down from 678th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Israel (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Zephaniah ranks 770 out of 3,187. Before him are Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Margaret of Hungary, Sasan, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, John Henry Newman, and Romuald. After him are Onesimus, Brother Roger, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Anna Göldi, Gerard of Csanád, and Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 701 BC, Zephaniah ranks 1. After him is Cleisthenes of Sicyon. Among people deceased in 609 BC, Zephaniah ranks 2. Before him is Josiah.

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    Josiah

    POLITICIAN

    648 BC - 609 BC

    HPI: 70.26

    Rank: 1

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    Zephaniah

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    701 BC - 609 BC

    HPI: 62.49

    Rank: 2

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Zephaniah ranks 112 out of 466. Before him are Natalie Portman (1981), Itzhak Perlman (1945), Philip the Tetrarch (-4), Ghassan Kanafani (1936), Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212), and Yair Lapid (1963). After him are Philip the Evangelist (100), Judah ha-Nasi (135), Gene Simmons (1949), Shimon bar Yochai (1), David Grossman (1954), and Benny Gantz (1959).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Zephaniah ranks 43. Before him are Canaan (null), Nicodemus (-50), Pope Theodore I (600), Isaac Luria (1534), Pontius Pilate's wife (6), and Epiphanius of Salamis (315). After him are Philip the Evangelist (100), Al-Tabarani (873), Mariam Baouardy (1846), Saint Petronilla (50), Simeon of Jerusalem (100), and Shoghi Effendi (1897).

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