Red Sea — the meaning of the Hebrew name סוּף
סוּף
Red Sea means the Reed (Sea).
Built from
סוּף çûwph — a reed, especially the papyrus open in the lexicon ›
יָם yâm — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
for H5488 (by ellipsis of H3220); the Reed (Sea).
First appearance
Deut 1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Every verse that names Red Sea
Other people or places called Red Sea
Red Sea (H5492) — a hurricane