Strong H2128H2128Hזִיף
Ziph
One of the 4 senses of Strong H2128
- Transliteration
- zîyph
- Pronunciation
- zeef
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Ziph was a town in the hill country of Judah where David hid from Saul in the nearby wilderness (Jos.15:55; 1Sa.23:14-15).
Meaning of the name
Ziph = "battlement"
General definition
From the same as H2203; flowing;
{Ziph} the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite: - Ziph.
{Ziph} the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite: - Ziph.
In the biblical story
Ziph
A town in Judah where David hid from Saul
Ziph was a town in the hill country of Judah where David hid from Saul in the nearby wilderness (Jos.15:55; 1Sa.23:14-15).
In the Bible
Strong H2128H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ziph5
First verses
- Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
- 1 Samuel 23:14And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- 1 Samuel 23:24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
- 1 Samuel 26:2Then 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.