Ziph — the meaning of the Hebrew name זִיף

זִיף

Zîyph · pronounced zeef · Strong's H2128 · a man and a place

Ziph means flowing.

Built from

זֶפֶת zepheth (the same as, H2203) — asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun) open in the lexicon ›

from the same as H2203; flowing; Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite.

Josh 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, (KJV)

9 occurrences in 9 verses — Joshua, 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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