Tsuph means “Zophai” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6689 צּוּף צּוֹפַי צִּיף (Tsuwph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Tsuwph (tsoof) (or Tsowphay {tso-fah'-ee} or Tsiyph {tseef};) n/l. 1. honey-comb 2. Tsuph or Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Israel It has 4 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include name. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Tsuwph (tsoof) (or Tsowphay {tso-fah'-ee} or Tsiyph {tseef};) n/l. 1. honey-comb 2. Tsuph or Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Israel [from H6688] KJV: Zophai, Zuph. Root(s): H6688
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Zuph
Usage: A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.1; son of: Elkanah (H0511J); father of: Tohu (H8459); also called Zophai at 1Ch.6.26; § Zuph or Zophai = "honeycomb" 1) a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel 2) a district northwest of Jerusalem where Saul encountered Samuel
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4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, 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.
As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6689.
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, 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.
As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6689, grouped by book.
Tsuph (Strong's H6689) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Zophai". Tsuwph (tsoof) (or Tsowphay {tso-fah'-ee} or Tsiyph {tseef};) n/l. 1. honey-comb 2. Tsuph or Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Israel
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H6689 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6689 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
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