Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6689: צוּף

Tsûwph · pronounced tsoof · “Zuph”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: Zophai, Zuph.

Word origin: or צוֹפַי; or צִיף; from H6688 (צוּף); honey-comb;

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6689 is translated

  • zuph ×3
  • zophai ×1

Bible verses with H6689 (Tsûwph)

Tsûwph appears in 4 verses.

  • 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, an Ephrathite:

  • 1 Samuel 9:5

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:26

    As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:35

    The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,