# צִפֹּרֶן (tsiporen)

Israeli respelling: tsi-po-ren. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6856. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, a claw, i.e. (human) nail; also the point of astyle (or pen, tipped with adamant)

King James renderings: nail, point.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tsiporen-h6856

## Occurrences

- [Deuteronomy 21:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/21/12) — Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
- [Jeremiah 17:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/17/1) — The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the h…