Red Sea — the meaning of the Hebrew name סוּפָה

סוּפָה

çûwphâh · pronounced soo-faw' · Strong's H5492 · a place · also spelled Red sea

Red Sea means a hurricane.

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Strong's definition

from H5486; a hurricane.

First appearance

Num 21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, (KJV)

Every verse that names Red Sea

16 occurrences in 16 verses — Numbers, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Amos, Nahum

Num 21:14Job 21:18Job 27:20Job 37:9Ps 83:16Prov 1:27Prov 10:25Isa 5:28Isa 17:13Isa 21:1Isa 29:6Isa 66:15Jer 4:13Hos 8:7Amos 1:14Nah 1:3

Other people or places called Red Sea

Red Sea (H5489) — the Reed (Sea)

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