Tsûwph — H6689

Definition

masculine proper noun

Tsuph or Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine

1. Zuph or Zophai = "honeycomb"
2. n pr m
3. a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel
4. n pr loc
5. a district northwest of Jerusalem where Saul encountered Samuel

Usually translated as

Zuph, Zophai

Origin

or Tsôwphay; or Tsîyph; from H6688; honey-comb

• Derived from Tsûwph (H6688)

Occurrences

Tsûwph occurs 4 times in the King James.

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

• 1 Samuel 1:1 — Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph (צ֖וּף), an Ephrathite:
• 1 Samuel 9:5 — And when they were come to the land of Zuph (צ֔וּף), Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
• 1 Chronicles 6:26 — As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai (צוֹפַ֥י) his son, and Nahath his son,
• 1 Chronicles 6:35 — The son of Zuph (צוּף֙), the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,