Strong H5488H5488Hסוּף
reed
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5488
- Transliteration
- sûph
- Pronunciation
- soof
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
1) reed, rush, water plant
1a) rushes
1b) sea of rushes - used of Red Sea
1a) rushes
1b) sea of rushes - used of Red Sea
General definition
Probably of Egyptian origin; a {reed} especially the papyrus : - flag. Red {[sea]} weed. Compare H5489 .
In the Bible
Strong H5488H appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- flag3
- weed1
First verses
- Exodus 2:3And 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 2:5And 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.
- Isaiah 19:6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
- Jonah 2:5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.