Strong H66892 sensesצוּף

Zuph

Transliteration
tsûph tsôphay tsîyph
Pronunciation
{tsoof} {tso-fah'ee} tseef

Meaning of the name

Zuph or Zophai = "honeycomb"

The 2 senses of Strong H6689

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6689 appears in 4 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Levite ancestor of Samuel the prophetH6689G3 verses · 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
  2. A land where Saul searched for his father's donkeysH6689H1 verse · 1 Samuel

General definition

From H6688; honey comb;
Tsuph or Tsophai or {Tsiph} the name of an Israelite and a place in Palestine: - {Zophai} Zuph.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • zuph3
  • zophai1

First verses

  1. 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:
  2. 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.
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:26
    As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:35
    The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,