Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #6689 - צוּף Tsuph


Original Word:צוּף
Transliteration: Tsuph
Phonetic Spelling:(tsoof)
Definition:ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel
Part of Speech:noun masculine; Adjective, of a people
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Zophai, Zuph

Or Tsowphay {tso-fah'-ee}; or Tsiyph {tseef}; from tsuwph; honey-comb; Tsuph or Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine -- Zophai, Zuph.

see HEBREW tsuwph


Englishman's Concordance

Zuph or Zophai=“honeycomb”
1) a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (noun proper masculine)
2) a district northwest of Jerusalem where Saul encountered Samuel (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. צוּףnoun masculineEphraim ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel, ׳בֶּןצֿ1 Samuel 1:1 (ἐν Νασειβ, ᵐ5Lυιὁῦ Σωφ), 1 Chronicles 6:20 Qr ᵐ5ᵑ9 (Kt ציף); apparently=צוֺפַי v.1 Chronicles 6:11 (Levite), Σουφ(ει): hence probably אֶרֶץ צוּף1 Samuel 9:5 (in Benjamin, τὴν(γὴν)Σ(ε)ιφ(α)).

צוּפִיadjective, of a peopleSuphite; — so read probably for צוֺפִים1 Samuel 1:1 (We Klo Dr and most modern, after ᵐ5Σ(ε)ιφα, A Σωφιμ).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6689. צוּף (Tsuph) — 4 Occurrences

1 Samuel 1:1
HEB:תֹּ֥חוּ בֶן־ צ֖וּף אֶפְרָתִֽי׃
NAS: the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
KJV: the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
INT: of Tohu the son of Zuph an Ephraimite

1 Samuel 9:5
HEB:בָּ֚אוּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ צ֔וּף וְשָׁא֥וּל אָמַ֛ר
NAS: to the land of Zuph, Saul
KJV: to the land of Zuph, Saul
INT: came to the land of Zuph Saul said

1 Chronicles 6:26
HEB:ק) אֶלְקָנָ֔ה צוֹפַ֥י בְּנ֖וֹ וְנַ֥חַת
NAS: of Elkanah [were] Zophai his son
KJV: of Elkanah; Zophai his son,
INT: his son of Elkanah Zophai the sons and Nahath

1 Chronicles 6:35
HEB:[צִיף כ] (צוּף֙ ק) בֶּן־
NAS: the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,
KJV: The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,
INT: the son Zophai the son of Elkanah

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