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Strong's H5488 סוּף (cuph)

Cuph means “flag” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5488 — charrhan (“Charran”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5488
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 28
Books 11

Strong's H5488 Quick Answer

Strong's H5488 סוּף (cuwph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. cuwph (soof) n-m. 1. a reed, especially the papyrus [probably of Egyptian origin] It has 28 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include red, flags, egyptians, reeds, and weeds. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
cuwph (soof) n-m. 1. a reed, especially the papyrus [probably of Egyptian origin]
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
red, flags, egyptians, reeds, and weeds

Meaning and Definition

cuwph (soof) n-m. 1. a reed, especially the papyrus [probably of Egyptian origin] KJV: flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare: H5489

Original Word
סוּף
Transliteration
cuwph
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5488. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Red (Sea)

Usage: 1) of Red Sea 2) of Gulf of Suez 3) of sea from straits to Gulf of Akaba Also named: eruthros (ἐρυθρός "Red( Sea)" G2063) as "Reed Sea"

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How Strong's H5488 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cuwph, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Red Exodus 10:19 23× flags Exodus 2:3 Egyptians Joshua 24:6 reeds Isaiah 19:6 weeds Jonah 2:5

How Strong's H5488 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 28 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5488 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5488 in the Old Testament

28 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 2:3 KJV

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

Exodus 2:5 KJV

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Exodus 10:19 KJV

And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5488.

Exodus 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Exodus 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Exodus 10:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
Exodus 13:18 Old Testament, KJV
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
Exodus 15:22 Old Testament, KJV
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
Exodus 23:31 Old Testament, KJV
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Numbers 14:25 Old Testament, KJV
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Numbers 21:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
Numbers 33:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
Numbers 33:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Deuteronomy 1:40 Old Testament, KJV
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Deuteronomy 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
Deuteronomy 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
Joshua 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Joshua 4:23 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
Joshua 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
Judges 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
1 Kings 9:26 Old Testament, KJV
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Nehemiah 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
Psalms 106:7 Old Testament, KJV
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
Psalms 106:9 Old Testament, KJV
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
Psalms 106:22 Old Testament, KJV
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
Psalms 136:13 Old Testament, KJV
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms 136:15 Old Testament, KJV
But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Isaiah 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
Jeremiah 49:21 Old Testament, KJV
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Jonah 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5488, grouped by book.

Exodus 7 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5488 FAQ

What does cuph (סוּף) mean?

Cuph (Strong's H5488) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "flag". cuwph (soof) n-m. 1. a reed, especially the papyrus [probably of Egyptian origin]

How many times is cuph (סוּף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's H5488 across 11 books.

Where can I study cuph (סוּף) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5488 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate cuph (סוּף)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as red, flags, egyptians, reeds, and weeds. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.