Zîyph — H2128

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite

1. Ziph = "battlement"
2. n pr m
3. a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziphah
4. n pr loc
5. a city in southern Judah, between Ithnan and Telem; site unknown
6. a city of Judah, southeast of Hebron, between Carmel and Juttah in the highland district

Usually translated as

Ziph

Origin

from the same as H2203; flowing

• Same as Zepheth (H2203)

Occurrences

Zîyph occurs 10 times in 9 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (4), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (1)

• Joshua 15:24 — Ziph (זִ֥יף), and Telem, and Bealoth,
• Joshua 15:55 — Maon, Carmel, and Ziph (וָזִ֥יף), and Juttah,
• 1 Samuel 23:14 — And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph (זִ֑יף). And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
• 1 Samuel 23:15 — And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph (זִ֖יף) in a wood.
• 1 Samuel 23:24 — And they arose, and went to Ziph (זִ֖יפָה) before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
• 1 Samuel 26:2 — Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph (זִ֔יף), having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
• 1 Samuel 26:2 — Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph (זִֽיף).
• 1 Chronicles 2:42 — Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph (זִ֑יף); and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
• 1 Chronicles 4:16 — And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph (זִ֣יף), and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
• 2 Chronicles 11:8 — And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph (זִֽיף),